The Constant Diplomat
Robert Ford in Moscow
Format:Hardback
Publisher:McGill-Queen's University Press
Published:1st Sep '09
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Robert A D Ford had a distinguished diplomatic career that included an unprecedented sixteen years as Canadian ambassador to the Soviet Union during some of the most turbulent years of the Cold War (1964-80). This book covers the formative experiences that shaped Ford's capacity to understand the Russians.The leaders and politics of the Soviet Union seen through the eyes of an experienced ambassador
"The Constant Diplomat, not only a powerful and compelling testimony of a rare life, of someone who truly elevated diplomacy to an art form, is a masterful exposition of Ford's deeply informed views on the Soviet Union and Russian traditions and an important contribution to our understanding of the cold war in general and Canada's role in relation to the Soviet Union and the United States." Daniel Orlovsky, author of Russia's Democratic Revolution "Based on extensive and thorough research, including the innumerable diplomatic dispatches and reports penned by Ford, The Constant Diplomat offers a sound sense of the views of one of the most important Canadian diplomats of the twentieth century." Paul Marantz, University of British Columbia
ISBN: 9780773535855
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 626g
344 pages