LEADER 04506nam 2200769 450 001 9910456447503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8020-8676-4 010 $a1-282-03719-6 010 $a9786612037191 010 $a1-4426-7049-5 024 7 $a10.3138/9781442670495 035 $a(CKB)2420000000003798 035 $a(EBL)3255516 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000310588 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11207143 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000310588 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10289763 035 $a(PQKB)11009815 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001404037 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12454044 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001404037 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11370225 035 $a(PQKB)11764215 035 $a(CaBNvSL)thg00600606 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3255516 035 $a(CEL)418640 035 $a(OCoLC)903421446 035 $a(CaBNVSL)thg00601989 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4671156 035 $a(DE-B1597)464144 035 $a(OCoLC)946712836 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781442670495 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4671156 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11256881 035 $a(OCoLC)815768985 035 $a(EXLCZ)992420000000003798 100 $a20160922h19991999 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 12$aA stubble-jumper in striped pants $ememoirs of a prairie diplomat /$fEarl G. Drake 210 1$aToronto, [Canada] ;$aBuffalo, [New York] ;$aLondon, [England] :$cUniversity of Toronto Press,$d1999. 210 4$dİ1999 215 $a1 online resource (279 p.) 225 1 $aStudies in gender and history 311 $a0-8020-4464-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tPrologue -- $t1. A Prairie Puritan from Saskatchewan -- $t2. A Neophyte at External: Ottawa, 1955 and 1959-1961 -- $t3. Getting Hooked on the Foreign Service: Pakistan, 1956-1958 -- $t4. A Dancing Leader: Prime Minister Suhrawardy of Pakistan -- $t5. Confrontation and Partisanship: Malaysia, 1961-1964 -- $t6. An Avuncular Leader: Tunku Abdul Rahman of Malaysia -- $t7. International Development: Ottawa, 1965-1968 and 1972-1975 -- $t8. The Temptations of Paris: The OECD, 1968-1972 -- $t9. The Mighty World Bank: Washington, 1975-1982 -- $t10. A Controversial Leader: McNamara of the World Bank -- $t11. The Poetic in the Midst of Reality: Indonesia, 1982-1983 -- $t12. An Iconoclast in China: Beijing, 1987-1989 -- $t13. Tiananmen Crisis: China, 1989-1990 -- $t14. An Unloved Leader: Premier Li Peng of China -- $tEpilogue -- $tNotes -- $tIndex 330 $aIn the spring of 1989, Earl Drake, Canadian ambassador to China, found himself in the midst of the Tiananmen Square crisis. Asked to evacuate Beijing's Canadian residents in a hurry, to maintain control of the embassy, and to provide a voice of reason to the media, he resolved to write his memoirs if he made it out unharmed. His recollections paint a fascinating picture of the life of a diplomat initially drawn to the foreign service from his study of history, and provide a first-hand account of the growing depth and complexity of Canada's relations with Asia.Drake knew many of the leaders of the postwar world, and his in-depth character sketches of such powerful and controversial figures as Robert McNamara, President Suharto, and China's Li Peng are written with a sense of humanity and fairness. What particularly sets this memoir apart is Drake's humour and humility. He is frank about himself and his attitudes and avoids the self-importance that is a feature of many diplomatic memoirs. In his own words, he 'looks at the old Central Canadian attitudes of the Department of External Affairs through fresh prairie eyes.'Anyone who wants to know more about Canada's diplomatic activities in Asia will find this memoir engaging, because of both its forthright manner and the events and people recounted. 410 0$aStudies in gender and history. 606 $aDiplomats$zCanada$vBiography 607 $aCanada$xForeign relations$y1945- 607 $aCanada$xForeign relations$zAsia 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aDiplomats 676 $a327.71/0092 700 $aDrake$b Earl$01055059 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910456447503321 996 $aA stubble-jumper in striped pants$92488173 997 $aUNINA