Canada's voice : the public life of John Wendell Holmes / Adam Chapnick.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chapnick, Adam, 1976-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Holmes, John W. (John Wendell), 1910-1988.

Holmes, John W.

Canadian Institute of International Affairs--Officials and employees--Biography.

Canadian Institute of International Affairs.

Diplomats--Canada--Biography.

Diplomats.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (380 p.)

Place of Publication:

Vancouver : UBC Press, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"It is hard to imagine a person who embodied the ideals of postwar Canadian foreign policy more than John Wendell Holmes. Holmes joined the foreign service in 1943, headed the Canadian Institute of International Affairs from 1960 to 1973, and, as a professor of international relations, mentored a generation of students and scholars. This book charts the life of a diplomat and public intellectual who influenced both how scholars and statespeople abroad viewed Canada and how Canadians saw themselves on the world stage."--BOOK JACKET.

Contents:

Preface

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

The Early Years

External Affairs' New Golden Boy

The Rising Star

John Holmes' Golden Age

Descending through the Diefenbaker Era

Ruin and Recovery

Headfirst into the CIIA

A Diplomat in Action

1967: A Year of Transition

Breaking Free from the Institute

Freedom, Passion, and Frustration

Older and Wiser

Regrets and Renewal

Saying Goodbye

Notes.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 325-345) and index.

ISBN:

1-282-74063-6

9786612740633

0-7748-1673-2

OCLC:

647909430