Gérard Pelletier 1919-1997
Gerard Pelletier’s death in June the ‘t was noteworthy that, at the time of extensive press comment concentrated on his work as a journalist and politician. Little beyond the bare facts was said about his work as a diplomat. Considering that in…
Competitive Boycotts: An Olympic Event
Contrary to the impression fostered by some journalists and the preferences of most sports organizations, politics and diplomacy have always played a part in international sports. In the modern Olympic Games that role has tended to increase with the financial and logistical…
The Canadian Way: Shaping Canada’s Foreign Policy, 1968-1984
Among the recurring yarns concerning the Trudeau years this one may qualify as the most disappointing because it falls so far short of its potential for clearcut revelations, frank disclosures and persuasive rationalizations. This collection is admittedly conceived by Ivan Head and…
The Foreign Policy Review of 1968
This is an excerpt from Mitchell Sharp’s memoirs, Which Reminds Me… (University of Toronto Press, 1993,228 pp., $35.00). The memoirs trace Mr. Sharp’s career from Ottawa mandarinate in the 1940s and the 1950s to Cabinet Minister through most of the 1960s and…
