bout de papier, Volume 32, Issue No. 1, 2022
The Dogs Are Eating Them Now, Our War in Afghanistan
Canada, 2013, 298 pp., $32.99 CDN.
Obama’s Wars
Bob Woodward is no stranger to anyone intrigued or fascinated by the American political process. Since he entered the world’s consciousness in 1972 with his riveting account of the Watergate scandal in All the President’s Men, he has produced on average a…
The President’s Message // Mot de la Présidente
bout de papier est la publication de prestige de l’APASE et l’une des activités les plus visibles de l’Association. C’est donc avec plaisir que j’ai accepté l’invitation, à titre de président de l’’APASE, de renouer avec la tradition de rédiger une rubrique…
A Soldier First: Bullets, Bureaucrats and the Politics of War
I read General Rick Hillier’s A Soldier First with mixed feelings. I was impressed that our popular General came out with a book on his experience so soon after retirement, but I was disappointed that he did not explain his own role…
Six Books on Canada’s Role in Afghanistan
Harper’s Magazine in its monthly index of numbers, recently reported that there had been some 835 books published in the United States about the war in Iraq and some 32 of that number were books for children. I have searched the various…
Glyn Berry 1948–2006
We all know that the profession of diplomacy can be a very dangerous occupation, but our worst fears were realized in January. Glyn Berry, a career foreign service officer, was killed in Kandahar, Afghanistan on January 14, 2006 by a suicide bomb…
