bout de papier, Volume 8, Issue No. 2, 1991
An Inside Look at External Affairs During the Trudeau Years: The Memoirs of Mark MacGuigan
shaping Canadian foreign policy. “Trudeau’s style,” MacGuigan writes, “was … dangerous. His instinct, it always seemed to me, was not just to establish objectively that he was right, by demolishing his opponents’ arguments, but also to destroy their self-respect, to hurt them…
“I’ll be with you in a minute, Mr. Ambassador”: The Education of a Canadian Diplomat in Washington
Reviewed by Peter Dobell
Wife Of . . .
Sondra Gotlieb’s ebullient personality has had a somewhat stunning effect on the District of Columbia. Her “irreverent account of life in Washington” brings new meaning both to high society cocktail tactics, and the effective use of ever-shrinking hospitality allowances. Canada has come…
