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Book SynopsisKey insiders from the Trudeau era offer behind-the-scenes insights into his foreign, trade, and defence policies, revealing them in a new – and clear – light.
Trade ReviewThis monograph will be well-received by scholars and graduate students alike in history and political science. It will also be a useful source for undergraduate students in Canadian foreign policy courses. The interviews fuse together large themes in the history of Canadian international affairs while they also remind us that their work stands the test of time.
-- Thirstan Falconer, St. Jerome's University * Left History, Vol. 22, No. 1 *
Trudeau's World does three things very well: 1) It examines the complex and multi-layered workings of the government; 2) it focuses on and attempts to give clarity to several issues of the period that had foreign policy or military dimensions; and 3) it provides insider glimpses of that attractive but inscrutable figure, Trudeau... The book's strength comes from the interviews with people who worked with [Trudeau]. -- Francis M. Carroll, St. John's College, University of Manitoba * Manitoba History, No. 90 *
Readers can be thankful for the efforts of Bothwell and Granatstein. The editors devoted substantial time, energy, and resources to organize and interview such a large and important group of policymakers, diplomats, and military officials connected with the Trudeau government...
Trudeau's World is a model oral history project that will surely serve as a valuable resource for students and scholars of Canadian policy during the post-1968 Cold War era.
Table of ContentsIntroduction
I Advisers and Ministers
Hon. Marc Lalonde
Hon. R. Gordon Robertson
Hon. Michael Pitfield
Marshall Crowe
Hon. Gérard Pelletier
Ivan Head
Rt. Hon. Paul Martin
Hon. Mitchell Sharp
Reeves Haggan
Hon. Mark MacGuigan
II Deputy Ministers and Senior Diplomats
A. Edgar Ritchie
Allan Gotlieb
William Barton
Alan Beesley
John Halstead
Gordon Smith
Hon. Gordon Osbaldeston
de Montigny Marchand
Thomas Delworth
III The Defence and Foreign Policy Reviews and After
Hon. Mitchell Sharp
Hon. Léo Cadieux
Hon. Paul Hellyer
Hon. Donald Macdonald
Hon. Otto Lang
Ross Campbell
John F. Anderson
H. Basil Robinson
John Halstead
Michael Shenstone
Rear Admiral Robert Murdoch
Gordon Smith
Hon. Donald Macdonald
Sylvain Cloutier
General Jacques Dextraze
IV Canada and the United States
Ivan Head
Rufus Smith
A. Edgar Ritchie
Emerson Brown
Marshall Crowe
Peter Towe
Hon. Mitchell Sharp
Russell McKinney
Richard Post
Thomas Enders
Robert Duemling
Hon. Donald Macdonald
Allan Gotlieb
Edward Nef
Robert Hunter
Hon. Mark MacGuigan
Paul H. Robinson, Jr.
Richard Smith
V Canada and Europe
Hon. Gérard Pelletier
François Leduc
Max Yalden
Pierre-Marc Siraud
Hon. Léo Cadieux
John Halstead
Jacques Viot
Michel Dupuy
de Montigny Marchand
Jean Béliard
Drs. Heinz Schneppen and Rüdiger von Lukowitz
VI Canada and the Soviet Union
Rt. Hon. Paul Martin
Robert Ford
John Halstead
Peter Roberts
William Hooper
Peter Hancock
Vernon Turner
James (Si) Taylor
Geoffrey Pearson
VII Canada and the Far East
Rt. Hon. Paul Martin
Yao Guang
John Fraser
Maurice Copithorne
Yu Zhan
Yasuhiko Nara
Thomas Delworth
Richard Gorham
Michel Gauvin
VIII Canada, the United Kingdom, and Patriation
Rt. Hon. Paul Martin
Hon. Mark MacGuigan
Sir John Ford
Reeves Haggan
Peter Meekison
Daniel Gagnier
Thomas Wells
Rt. Hon. Lord Pym
Eddie Goldenberg
IX The Peace Initiative
Louis Delvoie
Peter Hancock
Thomas Delworth
de Montigny Marchand
Allan Gotlieb
Geoffrey Pearson
X The Trudeau Conversation
Rt. Hon. Pierre Trudeau
Conclusion; Index
