The Good Fight : Marcel Cadieux and Canadian Diplomacy (The C.D. Howe Series in Canadian Political History)

Kelly, Brendan

University of British Columbia Press（2019/11発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 540 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780774838979
• DDC分類 327.2092

Full Description

Before official bilingualism was established in 1969, francophones were scarce in the Canadian public service. Marcel Cadieux was one of the few, becoming arguably the most important francophone diplomat and civil servant in Canadian history.

Brendan Kelly's insightful, entertaining biography draws on extensive archival research and interviews to reveal a complex figure. Cadieux held the nationalist views of many young French Canadians in the 1930s, yet he made the distinctly unconventional decision to join the Department of External Affairs in 1941. Public service became the vocation of this blunt, funny, strong-minded, and sometimes undiplomatic diplomat. Against the backdrop of rising Quebec separatism and the Cold War, he headed the department from 1964 to 1970 and served as Canada's first francophone ambassador to the United States from 1970 to 1975. Cadieux's profound belief in the dignity of service speaks eloquently to readers today, when professionalism and expertise are often undervalued.

Contents

Preface

1 The Birth of a French Canadian Nationalist, 1915-41

2 Premières Armes: Ottawa, London, Brussels, 1941-47

3 The Making of a Diplomat and Cold Warrior, 1947-55

4 A Versatile Diplomat, 1955-63

5 Departmental Tensions: Cadieux, Paul Martin Sr., and Canadian Foreign Policy, 1963-68

6 A Lonely Fight: Countering France and the Establishment of Quebec's "International Personality," 1963-67

7 The National Unity Crisis: Resisting Quebec and France at Home and in la Francophonie, 1967-70

8 The Politician and the Civil Servant: Pierre Trudeau, Cadieux, and the DEA, 1968-70

9 Ambassadorial Woes: Washington, 1970-75

10 Final Assignments, 1975-81

Conclusion

Notes; Bibliography; Index