Canada's Voice: The Public Life Of John Wendell Holmes Public Life Of John Wendell Holmes

It Is Hard To Imagine A Person Who Embodied The Ideals Of Postwar Canadian Foreign Policy More Than John Wendell Holmes. Holmes Joined The Foreign Service In 1943, Headed The Canadian Institute Of International Affairs From 1960 To 1973, And, As A Professor Of International Relations, Mentored A Generation Of Students And Scholars. This Book Charts The Life Of A Diplomat And Public Intellectual Who Influenced Both How Scholars And Statespeople Abroad Viewed Canada And How Canadians Saw Themselves On The World Stage.--jacket. 1. The Early Years --- 2. External Affairsʹ New Golden Boy --- 3. The Rising Star --- 4. John Holmesʹ Golden Age --- 5. Descending Through The Diefenbaker Era --- 6. Ruin And Recovery --- 7. Headfirst Into The Ciia --- 8. A Diplomat In Action --- 9. 1967: A Year Of Transition --- 10. Breaking Free From The Institute --- 11. Freedom, Passion, And Frustration --- 12. Older And Wiser --- 13. Regrets And Renewal --- 14. Saying Goodbye. Adam Chapnick. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 325-345) And Index. "It is hard to imagine a person who embodied the ideals of postwar Canadian foreign policy more than John Wendell Holmes. Holmes joined the foreign service in 1943, headed the Canadian Institute of International Affairs from 1960 to 1973, and, as a professor of international relations, mentored a generation of students and scholars. This book charts the life of a diplomat and public intellectual who influenced both how scholars and statespeople abroad viewed Canada and how Canadians saw themselves on the world stage."--Page 4 de la couverture "It is hard to imagine a person who embodied the ideals of postwar Canadian foreign policy more than John Wendell Holmes. Holmes joined the foreign service in 1943, headed the Canadian Institute of International Affairs from 1960 to 1973, and, as a professor of international relations, mentored a generation of students and scholars. This book charts the life of a diplomat and public intellectual who influenced both how scholars and statespeople abroad viewed Canada and how Canadians saw themselves on the world stage."--Résumé de la jaquette Review: "It is hard to imagine a person who embodied the ideals of postwar Canadian foreign policy more than John Wendell Holmes. Holmes joined the foreign service in 1943, headed the Canadian Institute of International Affairs from 1960 to 1973, and, as a professor of international relations, mentored a generation of students and scholars. This book charts the life of a diplomat and public intellectual who influenced both how scholars and statespeople abroad viewed Canada and how Canadians saw themselves on the world stage."--BOOK JACKET Canada’s Voice is the first comprehensive biography of a diplomat and scholar who shaped foreign policy during Canada’s golden age as a middle power.