The things that are Caesar's : The memoirs of a Canadian public servant / Brian Heeney.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Heeney, Brian, author.

Series:

Heritage

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Heeney, A. D. P., 1902-1970.

Heeney, A. D. P.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (218 pages) : illustrations, photographs

Place of Publication:

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Arnold Heeney had a distinguished career in the service of the government of Canada - as secretary to the cabinet, undersecretary of state for external affairs, ambassador to the North Atlantic Council, twice ambassador to the United States (1953-7 and 1959-62), and co-chairman of the International Joint Commission. His career in public administration began in 1938 when he left a growing law practice to become principal secretary to Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King. Two years later he was appointed secretary to the cabinet, the first to hold this office, and for nine years, from 1940 to 1949, he kept the minutes and the secrets of the government of Canada. His memoirs recall his years of service; they form a lucid, modest, illuminating, and entertaining account of value to historians, political scientists, and other citizens interested in the workings of government. The first former mandarin to write his memoirs. Arnold Heeney sheds light, from intimate vantage points, on policy processes over thirty years as well as on a large cast of characters, domestic and foreign.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Foreword

Preface

1. A long way from Tipperary

2. Oxford and beyond

3. Montreal and the law

4. Principal secretary to Mackenzie King

5. War years

6. Secretary to the cabinet

7. Last years with Mackenzie King

8. Other end of the East Block

9. NATO interlude

10. Washington

11. Canadian horizons Reform in the Civil Service

12. Washington reprise

13. Canada and the United States Independence and partnership

14. And in conclusion

Appendix A. Personal memorandum

Appendix B. Thoughts on Canadian defence policy

Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Mrz 2019)

ISBN:

9781487589967

1487589964

9781487592943

1487592949

OCLC:

1091695764