Mike : : The Memoirs of the Rt. Hon. Lester B. Pearson, Volume Two: 1948-1957 / / Rt. Hon. Lester B. Pearson.
One of Canada's most dynamic prime ministers, Lester B. Pearson lived a life which took him from a childhood in rural Ontario to the apex of international politics. In the second volume of his memoirs, he provides a first-person account of the busy and challenging decade that followed his entry...
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Pearson, Rt. Hon. Lester B., author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Mike : The Memoirs of the Rt. Hon. Lester B. Pearson, Volume Two: 1948-1957 / Rt. Hon. Lester B. Pearson. Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2018] ©2015 1 online resource (372 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- FOREWORD -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. POLITICS AND POLITICIANS -- 2. SOVEREIGNTY IS NOT ENOUGH -- 3. ATLANTIC VISION -- 4. NATO AT WORK -- 5. THE NEW COMMONWEALTH -- 6. AT THE UNITED NATIONS -- 7. KOREA: RESPONSE TO AGGRESSION -- 8. KOREA: THE SEARCH FOR PEACE -- 9. A VISIT TO MR KHRUSHCHEV -- 10. FROM PALESTINE TO SUEZ -- 11. CRISIS AND RESOLUTION -- APPENDIX 1 -- APPENDIX 2 -- INDEX restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star One of Canada's most dynamic prime ministers, Lester B. Pearson lived a life which took him from a childhood in rural Ontario to the apex of international politics. In the second volume of his memoirs, he provides a first-person account of the busy and challenging decade that followed his entry into politics in 1948.This volume, completed after Pearson's death under the supervision of his son Geoffrey, recounts his involvement in Canadian politics and diplomacy as a MP and Secretary of State for External Affairs during the early years of the Cold War. It offers his perspective on issues such as the formation of NATO, Canada's involvement in the Korean War, and the diplomacy that ended the Suez Crisis and earned Pearson the Nobel Peace Prize in 1957. Two appendices, taken from his diaries, show him hard at work at the United Nations during the Korean crisis.Mike captures Pearson's intellect, his sense of humour, and his humanity, offering an inside look at the moments that shaped the twentieth century. This new edition features a foreword by Pearson cabinet minister and former prime minister Jean Chrétien. Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Aug 2021) Prime ministers Canada Biography. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General. bisacsh Chretien, Rt. Hon. Jean. Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015 9783110606812 print 9781442615656 https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442668652 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781442668652 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9781442668652.jpg |
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Frontmatter -- FOREWORD -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. POLITICS AND POLITICIANS -- 2. SOVEREIGNTY IS NOT ENOUGH -- 3. ATLANTIC VISION -- 4. NATO AT WORK -- 5. THE NEW COMMONWEALTH -- 6. AT THE UNITED NATIONS -- 7. KOREA: RESPONSE TO AGGRESSION -- 8. KOREA: THE SEARCH FOR PEACE -- 9. A VISIT TO MR KHRUSHCHEV -- 10. FROM PALESTINE TO SUEZ -- 11. CRISIS AND RESOLUTION -- APPENDIX 1 -- APPENDIX 2 -- INDEX |
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