LEADER 04677nam 2200733 450 001 9910791083603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-7735-9002-1 010 $a0-7735-9001-3 024 7 $a10.1515/9780773590014 035 $a(CKB)2550000001192357 035 $a(EBL)3332671 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001151037 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11660163 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001151037 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11105159 035 $a(PQKB)11509956 035 $a(CEL)446151 035 $a(OCoLC)872601200 035 $a(CaBNVSL)slc00234034 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3332671 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10833201 035 $a(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/7492h9 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3332671 035 $a(DE-B1597)655948 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780773590014 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001192357 100 $a20140203h20132013 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aO.D. Skelton $ethe work of the world, 1923-1941 /$fedited by Norman Hillmer 210 1$aMontreal [Canada] :$cMcGill-Queen's University Press,$d[2013] 210 4$dİ2013 215 $a1 online resource (538 p.) 225 1 $aThe publications of The Champlain Society ;$v74 300 $aCatMonthString:november.13. 311 $a0-7735-4272-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aDocuments. I The Imperial Conference of 1923 -- II Counsellor Skelton, 1924-25 -- III Succeeding Sir Joseph, 1925 -- IV The Rhine is 3,000 Miles Away -- V The Imperial Conference of 1926 -- VI Washington, 1927 : Massey and Massachuetts Avenue -- VII The League of Nations, 1927 -- VIII The Renunciation of War, 1928 -- IX Legislating Liberty, 1929 -- X Change of Scene and Change of Government, 1929-30 -- XI Canada and the Pacific, 1931-33 -- XII In London and Geneva, 1933 -- XIII Experimenting with the Soviets, 1934 -- XIV Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference of 1935 51. Foreign Policy Discussions in London, [April] 1935 -- XV Ethiopia and an Election, 1935 -- XVI Peace (and Canada) in Jeopardy, 1936 -- XVII Diplomatic Representation, 1936-37 -- XVIII The Imperial Conference of 1937 -- XIX The Czech Crisis, 1938 -- XX A Great Country Not Bound by Pledges, January-March 1939 -- XXII When the Devil Is Loose, April-August 1939 -- XXIII Stampede over the Edge, August-September 1939 -- XXIV War Aims, October-November 1939 -- XXV Adversaries and Allies, and Those in Between, December 1939-January 1941. 330 $a"O.D. Skelton: The Work of the World, 1923-1941 is a lively and compelling trip through the letters, diary entries, and official memoranda of O.D. Skelton, one of the most important and influential civil servants in twentieth-century Canada."--Publisher summary. 330 $aSkelton was a towering foreign policy advisor to Canada's prime ministers and a lonely advocate for the country's independence from Great Britain. His accounts detail his work as he co-operated and clashed with William Lyon Mackenzie King and R.B. Bennett over Canada's participation in the international arena. Norman Hillmer's selection and assessment of Skelton's writings offer a behind-the-scenes look at the inner workings of the federal government as Skelton systematically built up the Department of External Affairs and the Canadian diplomatic service as instruments of the national interest, confronted the Manchurian, Ethiopian, and Czech crises of the 1930's, aligned himself with senior francophone politicians such as Ernest Lapointe and Raoul Dandurand, and watched in despair as Europe and Asia descended into war.--Publisher summary. 330 $aProviding avenues into a time when Canada was struggling to define itself, this collection shows the ways in which O.D. Skelton pushed the country onto the global stage.--Publisher summary. 410 0$aPublications of the Champlain Society ;$v74. 606 $aPolitical consultants$zCanada$vBiography 606 $aStatesmen$zCanada$vBiography 606 $aInternational relations$xHistory$y20th century 607 $aCanada$xOfficials and employees$vBiography 607 $aCanada$xForeign relations$y1914-1945 615 0$aPolitical consultants 615 0$aStatesmen 615 0$aInternational relations$xHistory 676 $a538 700 $aHillmer$b Norman, $4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$01086237 701 $aHillmer$b Norman$01086237 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910791083603321 996 $aO.D. Skelton$93779585 997 $aUNINA