Trudeaus World

This monograph will be well-received by scholars and graduate students alike in history and political science. It will also be a useful source for undergraduate students in Canadian foreign policy courses. The interviews fuse together large themes in the history of Canadian international affairs while they also remind us that their work stands the test of time. -- Thirstan Falconer, St. Jerome's University * Left History, Vol. 22, No. 1 * Trudeau's World does three things very well: 1) It examines the complex and multi-layered workings of the government; 2) it focuses on and attempts to give clarity to several issues of the period that had foreign policy or military dimensions; and 3) it provides insider glimpses of that attractive but inscrutable figure, Trudeau... The book's strength comes from the interviews with people who worked with [Trudeau]. -- Francis M. Carroll, St. John's College, University of Manitoba * Manitoba History, No. 90 * Readers can be thankful for the efforts of Bothwell and Granatstein. The editors devoted substantial time, energy, and resources to organize and interview such a large and important group of policymakers, diplomats, and military officials connected with the Trudeau government... Trudeau's World is a model oral history project that will surely serve as a valuable resource for students and scholars of Canadian policy during the post-1968 Cold War era.

Robert Bothwell is a professor of history at the University of Toronto. He was the director of the International Relations Program there from 1995 to 2011. He is a noted and much-published specialist in Canadian political and foreign policy history. He is the author of Alliance and Illusion: Canada and the World, 1945-84. J.L. Granatstein is a Distinguished Research Professor of History Emeritus at York University. He was director and CEO of the Canadian War Museum and has served on government commissions. He has published extensively in Canadian military, political, and foreign policy history for more than fifty years. He is the author, most recently, of The Weight of Command: Voices of Canadas Second World War Generals and Those Who Knew Them.

Introduction I Advisers and Ministers Hon. Marc Lalonde Hon. R. Gordon Robertson Hon. Michael Pitfield Marshall Crowe Hon. Grard Pelletier Ivan Head Rt. Hon. Paul Martin Hon. Mitchell Sharp Reeves Haggan Hon. Mark MacGuigan II Deputy Ministers and Senior Diplomats A. Edgar Ritchie Allan Gotlieb William Barton Alan Beesley John Halstead Gordon Smith Hon. Gordon Osbaldeston de Montigny Marchand Thomas Delworth III The Defence and Foreign Policy Reviews and After Hon. Mitchell Sharp Hon. Lo Cadieux Hon. Paul Hellyer Hon. Donald Macdonald Hon. Otto Lang Ross Campbell John F. Anderson H. Basil Robinson John Halstead Michael Shenstone Rear Admiral Robert Murdoch Gordon Smith Hon. Donald Macdonald Sylvain Cloutier General Jacques Dextraze IV Canada and the United States Ivan Head Rufus Smith A. Edgar Ritchie Emerson Brown Marshall Crowe Peter Towe Hon. Mitchell Sharp Russell McKinney Richard Post Thomas Enders Robert Duemling Hon. Donald Macdonald Allan Gotlieb Edward Nef Robert Hunter Hon. Mark MacGuigan Paul H. Robinson, Jr. Richard Smith V Canada and Europe Hon. Grard Pelletier Franois Leduc Max Yalden Pierre-Marc Siraud Hon. Lo Cadieux John Halstead Jacques Viot Michel Dupuy de Montigny Marchand Jean Bliard Drs. Heinz Schneppen and Rdiger von Lukowitz VI Canada and the Soviet Union Rt. Hon. Paul Martin Robert Ford John Halstead Peter Roberts William Hooper Peter Hancock Vernon Turner James (Si) Taylor Geoffrey Pearson VII Canada and the Far East Rt. Hon. Paul Martin Yao Guang John Fraser Maurice Copithorne Yu Zhan Yasuhiko Nara Thomas Delworth Richard Gorham Michel Gauvin VIII Canada, the United Kingdom, and Patriation Rt. Hon. Paul Martin Hon. Mark MacGuigan Sir John Ford Reeves Haggan Peter Meekison Daniel Gagnier Thomas Wells Rt. Hon. Lord Pym Eddie Goldenberg IX The Peace Initiative Louis Delvoie Peter Hancock Thomas Delworth de Montigny Marchand Allan Gotlieb Geoffrey Pearson X The Trudeau Conversation Rt. Hon. Pierre Trudeau Conclusion; Index