{"product_id":"foreign-voices-in-the-house-9781459736856","title":"Foreign Voices in the House","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Hill Times: Best Books of 2017\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eUnique views from John F. Kennedy, Nelson Mandela, Indira Gandhi, and dozens of other world leaders reveal Canada and Canadians through their eyes.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDuring the First World War, foreign leaders began addressing Canadians in our House of Commons and, ever since, have continued influencing how we think about our role in global affairs. For a century now, this parade of world figures has brought urgent messages about Canada's importance in world wars, the United Nations, Cold War security, decolonization and modernization, advancing human rights, environmental conservation, and combating terrorism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAll of the foreign leaders addressing Canada's parliament sought to forge new partnerships between their own countries and ours in a rapidly evolving global context. Over the decades these speeches chart the stunning transformation of international affairs and Canada's place in the world. No other source provides a comple\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeign Voices In the House\u003c\/i\u003e is a fascinating contribution to Canadiana . . . concise, intriguing and timely in this 150th year of Confederation. * Blacklock's Reporter *\u003cbr\u003eThe book takes us back in time to ‘hear’ what these great leaders had to say first hand, and, thanks to Boyer’s dedicated research, learn a little about the presenters and the circumstances of the times the words were spoken. * Bracebridge Examiner *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eChronological List of Foreign Leaders Addressing Parliament, 1917 to 2016\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eIntroduction: Ourselves as Others See Us \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 Foreign Voices at Canada’s Podium\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMessages of Enduring Importance\u003cbr\u003eA Composite of Diversity \u003cbr\u003eIntersecting Realities \u003cbr\u003eCreating the Speech \u003cbr\u003eDelivering the Speech \u003cbr\u003eReporting the Speech \u003cbr\u003eChanges in the World View of Leaders\u003cbr\u003eActors upon the World Stage \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 A Century Ago\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA Foreign Country 50\u003cbr\u003eA North Atlantic Quadrangle \u003cbr\u003eProximity to the Fulcrum of Power \u003cbr\u003eA French Leader Opens the Show: René Viviani \u003cbr\u003eAfter the French Come the British: Arthur Balfour \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e3 United Kingdom \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction \u003cbr\u003eWinston Churchill \u003cbr\u003eAnthony Eden, Foreign Secretary\u003cbr\u003eClement Attlee \u003cbr\u003eAnthony Eden, Prime Minister \u003cbr\u003eHarold Macmillan \u003cbr\u003eMargaret Thatcher \u003cbr\u003eTony Blair \u003cbr\u003eDavid Cameron \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 Old Commonwealth\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction \u003cbr\u003eRobert Menzies, Australia \u003cbr\u003eJohn Curtin, Australia \u003cbr\u003ePeter Fraser, New Zealand \u003cbr\u003eJohn Howard, Australia \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e5 New Commonwealth\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction \u003cbr\u003eJawaharlal Nehru, India \u003cbr\u003eLiaquat Ali Khan, Pakistan \u003cbr\u003eKwame Nkrumah, Ghana \u003cbr\u003eIndira Gandhi, India \u003cbr\u003eNelson Mandela, African National Congress South Africa\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e6 France\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction \u003cbr\u003eCharles de Gaulle, Free France \u003cbr\u003eVincent Auriol, France \u003cbr\u003eGuy Mollet, France \u003cbr\u003eFrançois Mitterrand,France \u003cbr\u003eFrançois Hollande, France \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e7 United States \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIntroduction \u003cbr\u003eFranklin D. Roosevelt \u003cbr\u003eHarry S. Truman \u003cbr\u003eDwight D. Eisenhower \u003cbr\u003eJohn F. Kennedy \u003cbr\u003eRichard M. Nixon \u003cbr\u003eRonald Reagan \u003cbr\u003eBill Clinton \u003cbr\u003eBarack Obama \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e8 Mexico \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction \u003cbr\u003eLuis Echeverría \u003cbr\u003eJosé López Portillo \u003cbr\u003eMiguel de la Madrid \u003cbr\u003eCarlos Salinas \u003cbr\u003eErnesto Zedillo \u003cbr\u003eVicente Fox \u003cbr\u003eFelipe Calderón \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e9 Asia \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction \u003cbr\u003eMadame Chiang Kai-shek, China \u003cbr\u003eSukarno, Indonesia \u003cbr\u003eMasayoshi Ohira, Japan \u003cbr\u003eZhao Ziyang, China \u003cbr\u003eYasuhiro Nakasone, Japan \u003cbr\u003eHamid Karzai, Afghanistan \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e10 Middle Europe \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction \u003cbr\u003eGiovanni Gronchi, Italy \u003cbr\u003eTheodor Heuss, Federal Republic of Germany\u003cbr\u003eQueen Beatrix of the Netherlands \u003cbr\u003eHelmut Kohl, Federal Republic of Germany\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e11 Eastern Europe \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction \u003cbr\u003eEdvard Beneš, Czechoslovakia \u003cbr\u003eBoris Yeltsin, Russian Federation \u003cbr\u003eVáclav Havel, Czech Republic \u003cbr\u003eViktor Yushchenko, Ukraine \u003cbr\u003ePetro Poroshenko, Ukraine \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e12 Middle East\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIntroduction \u003cbr\u003eChaim Herzog, Israel \u003cbr\u003eKing Hussein Bin Talal of Jordan \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e13 Transnational Leaders \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction \u003cbr\u003eU Thant, United Nations \u003cbr\u003eJavier Pérez de Cuéllar, United Nations\u003cbr\u003eKofi Annan, United Nations \u003cbr\u003eAga Khan IV \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEpilogue: Voices in Time \u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgements \u003cbr\u003eBibliography \u003cbr\u003ePhotograph Credits \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dundurn Group Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48885717401943,"sku":"9781459736856","price":20.7,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/foreign-voices-in-the-house-9781459736856","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}