A Very Public Life, Vol. II

A Very Public Life, Vol. II

P aul Martin’s second volume of memoirs is published at an appropriate time. Two thirds of its 680 pages are devoted to his part in the making and executing of Canadian foreign policy in the period 1948 to 1972, first as the…

Nicaragua: Revolution in the Family

Nicaragua: Revolution in the Family

See replan on Pental Americ Her book on Nicaragua provides a largely 1981 for her reporting on Central America. Eye-witness account of events there since July 1979 and before; the result is to set the record straight on most of the major…

The Making of a Peacemonger

The Making of a Peacemonger

I unhesitatingly commend to Bout de papier readers — of whatever vintage and stream — that they read George Ignatieff’s shortish book. First, it is a highly entertaining and witty “good read” – quite a rarity among memoirs dealing with Canada’s foreign…

Breaking with Moscow

Breaking with Moscow

This is an important book, and perhaps especially so for those in and beyond Ottawa who prefer to see the world exclusively through North/South rather than East/West prisms.