Liebnitz and the Fairy Tale Ending
White (re-titled Rainbow Fleshtones and the Seven Stature- Optimized Mineral Extraction Specialists in accordance with Treasury Board guidelines). MacBannock had been convinced that he could not both direct and play Prince Charming, but had insisted on naming Don Gordo to the role…
Chiel’s Kaddish
During my final days in Warsaw in 1989, a Canadian from Montréal came into the embassy unannounced and asked to see me. That was how I came to meet a remarkable man and to visit an unusual town.
Mithradates
Great Empires do not always have it their own way. Opponents will appear on the periphery who rally the opposition and resist all efforts to remove them. The British were faced with various elusive madhis and mad mullahs on the North West…
Woman of the World: Mary McGeachy and International Cooperation
Ah, the great names of Canadian diplomacy — Lester Pearson, Norman Robertson, Marcel Cadieux, Mary McGeachy. “Mary who?” you may ask. You would be forgiven for not knowing that a Canadian was among the few women to achieve senior rank at the…
Memories of Bucharest
Posthumous publications nearly always arouse a mixture of feelings, including gratitude for an unexpected gift as well as regret that we cannot discuss what we have read with the author. That reaction is especially appropriate with the book from which we publish…
Baghdad
Through my two years in Baghdad Iraq was at war with Iran, a particularly savage war of attrition. It raged on in the trenches for eight years and over a million casualties. It has been aptly described as a war fought with…
Begin with a Scenario
For better or for worse, the visit of Prime Minister Menachem Begin of Israel to Canada in November 1978 is remembered best for the visitor’s intervention in Canadian politics. In a speech in Toronto after his official business had been concluded, Begin…
2005 PAFSO Awards
n June 9, 2005, 290 colleagues and guests gathered to celebrate excellence in the Canadian
Peter Price
Peter died unexpectedly on July 23. The fact of his death, so sudden, so unforeseen, and when he was so young, underscores the tragedy of the event. A man respected by his peers, Peter will be missed.
Thomas LeMesurier Carter, M.C.
Tom Carter died peacefully in hospital in The Hague, the Netherlands on May 18, 2005, after a brief bout with cancer. His funeral took place on May 23 at the Church of Saint Philip and Saint John, The Hague. He is buried…
