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Ambassador Assignments: Canadian Diplomats Reflect on Our Place in the World
Ambassador Assignments    
Format Hardcover
Catalogue No. 1-55041-074-1
Pages 300
Language English only
Price on sale $17.95 (reduced from $28.95)
 

Edited by David Chalmer Reece. Published by Fitzhenry & Whiteside Ltd., 2007.

Description:
Canadian ambassadors are the eyes, ears and voice of Canada on the world stage. In this insightful, candid, and at times humorous look at the role and many responsibilities of the men and women in our foreign service, nineteen Canadian ambassadors - (high commissioners in Commonwealth countries) - reflect on the diplomacy required, the clash of cultures, and occasionally dangerous conditions encountered in the service of their country.

Canadian interests in the Americas, Europe, Asia, Africa and the Caribbean, as well as other parts of the globe are also discussed, whether they are political or trade related, have to do with foreign aid, culture, immigration, security, or peace-keeping, as well as a host of other worldwide concerns. So too, is the role played by our foreign service in offering assistance to Canadians travelling or working in foreign countries.

Table of Contents:
  • Washington Years (Derek Burney)
  • Reminiscences of a High Commissioner to the United Kingdom: 1985-1988 (Chief Justice Roy McMurtry)
  • Revolution in China; Troubles in Lebanon (Jack Maybee)
  • The Canadian Embassy to the Holy See (E.P. Black)
  • Accredited to a Northern Kingdom – Denmark and Greenland: 1986-1991 (D. Armstrong)
  • Correspondent: Lagos 1966 (André Couvrette)
  • A is for Aristide (John W. Graham)
  • An Interview with Ambassador Arthur Menzies (Tom Earle)
  • L'Aube de Transport Hypersonique (Charles Bédard)
  • Fighting Apartheid: South Africa 1982-1986 (Edward G. Lee, Q.C.)
  • Getting Started in Korea, 1973-1977 (John A. Stiles)
  • Watching the Polish Roller Coaster, 1980-1983 (John M. Fraser)
  • Souvenirs d'ambassade; La Conférence des Ministres Africains Francophones de l'Éducation: Libreville, Gabon, 1968 (Elmo Thibault)
  • Diplomatic Reflections of Indonesia: 1974-1977 (Peter Johnson)
  • A Mission to Algeria: The Ambassador as Trade Commissioner (Louis A. Delvoie)
  • Ghana, South Africa, and Cuba: Some Selected Memories (R.M. Middleton)
  • China (Fred Bild)
  • How We Became “A Nation of the Americas”: Reflections of a Permanent Observer (Ken Williamson)
  • Foreign Policy on the Frontiers: Canada-Burma Relations (John G. Hadwen)
  
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