Overview

The Hill Times: Best Books of 2017 Unique views from John F. Kennedy, Nelson Mandela, Indira Gandhi, and dozens of other world leaders reveal Canada and Canadians through their eyes. During 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. All 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 complete record of this body of high-level oratory, gathered here for the first time in Foreign Voices in the House.

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Author:   J. Patrick Boyer
Publisher:   Dundurn Group Ltd
Imprint:   Dundurn Group Ltd
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 4.20cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   1.107kg
ISBN:  

9781459736856

ISBN 10:   1459736850
Pages:   600
Publication Date:   04 May 2017
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Chronological List of Foreign Leaders Addressing Parliament, 1917 to 2016 Introduction: Ourselves as Others See Us 1 Foreign Voices at Canada’s Podium Messages of Enduring Importance A Composite of Diversity Intersecting Realities Creating the Speech Delivering the Speech Reporting the Speech Changes in the World View of Leaders Actors upon the World Stage 2 A Century Ago A Foreign Country 50 A North Atlantic Quadrangle Proximity to the Fulcrum of Power A French Leader Opens the Show: René Viviani After the French Come the British: Arthur Balfour 3 United Kingdom Introduction Winston Churchill Anthony Eden, Foreign Secretary Clement Attlee Anthony Eden, Prime Minister Harold Macmillan Margaret Thatcher Tony Blair David Cameron 4 Old Commonwealth Introduction Robert Menzies, Australia John Curtin, Australia Peter Fraser, New Zealand John Howard, Australia 5 New Commonwealth Introduction Jawaharlal Nehru, India Liaquat Ali Khan, Pakistan Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana Indira Gandhi, India Nelson Mandela, African National Congress South Africa 6 France Introduction Charles de Gaulle, Free France Vincent Auriol, France Guy Mollet, France François Mitterrand,France François Hollande, France 7 United States Introduction Franklin D. Roosevelt Harry S. Truman Dwight D. Eisenhower John F. Kennedy Richard M. Nixon Ronald Reagan Bill Clinton Barack Obama 8 Mexico Introduction Luis Echeverría José López Portillo Miguel de la Madrid Carlos Salinas Ernesto Zedillo Vicente Fox Felipe Calderón 9 Asia Introduction Madame Chiang Kai-shek, China Sukarno, Indonesia Masayoshi Ohira, Japan Zhao Ziyang, China Yasuhiro Nakasone, Japan Hamid Karzai, Afghanistan 10 Middle Europe Introduction Giovanni Gronchi, Italy Theodor Heuss, Federal Republic of Germany Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands Helmut Kohl, Federal Republic of Germany 11 Eastern Europe Introduction Edvard Beneš, Czechoslovakia Boris Yeltsin, Russian Federation Václav Havel, Czech Republic Viktor Yushchenko, Ukraine Petro Poroshenko, Ukraine 12 Middle East Introduction Chaim Herzog, Israel King Hussein Bin Talal of Jordan 13 Transnational Leaders Introduction U Thant, United Nations Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, United Nations Kofi Annan, United Nations Aga Khan IV Epilogue: Voices in Time Acknowledgements Bibliography Photograph Credits

Reviews

The 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 Foreign Voices In the House is a fascinating contribution to Canadiana . . . concise, intriguing and timely in this 150th year of Confederation. - Blacklock's Reporter

Author Information

J. Patrick Boyer studied law at the International Court of Justice in The Netherlands, served as Canada’s Parliamentary Secretary for External Affairs, and works for democratic development overseas. The author of twenty-three books on Canadian history, law, politics, and governance, Patrick lives with wife, Elise, in Muskoka and Toronto.

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