A stubble-jumper in striped pants : memoirs of a prairie diplomat / / Earl G. Drake
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| Autore: |
Drake Earl
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| Titolo: |
A stubble-jumper in striped pants : memoirs of a prairie diplomat / / Earl G. Drake
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| Pubblicazione: | Toronto, [Canada] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 1999 |
| ©1999 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (279 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 327.71/0092 |
| Soggetto topico: | Diplomats - Canada |
| Soggetto geografico: | Canada Foreign relations 1945- |
| Canada Foreign relations Asia | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Autobiographies. |
| Livres numeriques. | |
| Biographies. | |
| e-books. | |
| Autobiography | |
| Electronic books. | |
| Altri autori: |
GammelIrene <1959->
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| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | ""CONTENTS""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""Prologue""; ""1 A Prairie Puritan from Saskatchewan""; ""2 A Neophyte at External: Ottawa, 1955 and 1959�1961""; ""3 Getting Hooked on the Foreign Service: Pakistan, 1956�1958""; ""4 A Dancing Leader: Prime Minister Suhrawardy of Pakistan""; ""5 Confrontation and Partisanship: Malaysia, 1961�1964""; ""6 An Avuncular Leader: Tunku Abdul Rahman of Malaysia""; ""7 International Development: Ottawa, 1965�1968 and 1972�1975""; ""8 The Temptations of Paris: The OECD, 1968�1972""; ""9 The Mighty World Bank: Washington, 1975�1982"" |
| ""10 A Controversial Leader: McNamara of the World Bank""""11 The Poetic in the Midst of Reality: Indonesia, 1982�1983""; ""12 An Iconoclast in China: Beijing, 1987�1989""; ""13 Tiananmen Crisis: China, 1989�1990""; ""14 An Unloved Leader: Premier Li Peng of China""; ""Epilogue""; ""NOTES""; ""INDEX""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""X""; ""Y""; ""Z""; ""Illustrations"" | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Humorous, sharply written, and frank, the events recounted in these recollections include a first-hand account of the growing depth and complexity of Canada?s postwar relations with Asia. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | A stubble-jumper in striped pants |
| ISBN: | 0-8020-8676-4 |
| 1-282-03719-6 | |
| 9786612037191 | |
| 1-4426-7049-5 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910780423803321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
Studies in gender and history.