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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Norman Hillmer , Norman HillmerPublisher: McGill-Queen's University Press Imprint: McGill-Queen's University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 4.30cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.839kg ISBN: 9780773542723ISBN 10: 0773542728 Pages: 548 Publication Date: 24 October 2013 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsReviewsThese documents offer privileged insight into the dynamics of Canada's evolving place within the Empire/Commonwealth, its participation in the League of Nations, and its response to the issues of war and peace. Hillmer's introduction provides an informative, succinct summary of Skelton's career as a brilliant and dedicated public servant. Carman Miller, Department of History and Classical Studies, McGill University This collection of documents goes beyond the normal External Affairs memoranda to look at foreign policy specifically through Skelton s writings [and] allows the reader to blend the civil servant and the individual. The real contribution of the work, though, is the fifty-five page introduction. This volume adds to our understanding of the complex interwar years and the rapidly shifting events that challenged so many in the democracies, Skelton included. The Canadian Historical Review """These documents offer privileged insight into the dynamics of Canada's evolving place within the Empire/Commonwealth, its participation in the League of Nations, and its response to the issues of war and peace. Hillmer's introduction provides an informative, succinct summary of Skelton's career as a brilliant and dedicated public servant."" Carman Miller, Department of History and Classical Studies, McGill University ""Hillmer's extensive background and expertise in 20th-century Canadian international policy offers a unique opportunity for a thorough and insightful guided tour of Skelton's professional life in government."" Canadian Parliamentary Review ""Chance, intellectual acuity, and his own industry provided [Skelton] with the means of his ambition, for Canada and for himself. He fit ideally with his era, seized his opportunity and made genuinely historic contributions to our country. This volume is" Author InformationNorman Hillmer is professor of history and international affairs at Carleton University. He is co-editor, with Adam Chapnick, of Canadas of the Mind: The Making and Unmaking of Canadian Nationalisms in the Twentieth Century. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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