Radical Mandarin : : The Memoirs of Escott Reid / / Escott Reid.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999
• VerfasserIn: Reid, Escott,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2019]; ©1989
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Series: Heritage
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (432 p.)

In the golden age of Canadian diplomacy, during the government of Louis St Laurent and Lester Pearson, Escott Reid played a central role. In this memoir, he recalls some of the most dramatic events of the twentieth century and his own and Canada’s role in them. Reid’s’ child was steeped in Anglican religiosity and Upper Canadian Britishness. But as a teenager at Oakwood Collegiate and later as a university student at Toronto and Oxford, he showed himself already committed to more Canadian independence from Britain, and to social policies that must have seemed distinctly anti-British to the Toronto establishment. Throughout his long and distinguished career, Reid continued to display his commitment to his country and its central role in international affairs. The outspoken youth became the outspoken diplomat. Reid served as national secretary of the Canadian Institute of International Affairs, High commissioner to India in the early years of its independence, and ambassador to Germany during the construction of the Berlin wall. He participated in the creation of the United Nations, the International Civil Aviation Organization, and the North Atlantic alliance, and was an officer of the World Bank in the boom years of the 1960s. Reid offers a wealth of insight into international activities throughout much of the twentieth century activities he helped to shape. This memoir reflects his view of history as progressing toward a greater sharing the world’s wealth and a greater degree of international organization and cooperation.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- RADICAL MANDARIN -- 1. Forefathers and Foremothers -- 2. Beginnings 1905-1923 -- 3. The University of Toronto 1923-1927 -- 4. Oxford 1927-1930 -- 5. Studies of Canadian Political Parties 1930-1932 -- 6. National Secretary of the Canadian Institute of International Affairs 1932-1938 -- 7. Adviser to the Canadian Left and the League of Nations Society 1933-1934 -- 8. No Sanctions against Italy 1935-1936 -- 9. Mackenzie King's Foreign Policy 1937-1938 -- 10. Reflections on the Thirties -- 11. The Legation in Washington 1939-1941 -- 12. Department of External Affairs 1941-1944 -- 13. Creating the International Civil Aviation Organization 1944 -- 14. Creating the United Nations 1944-1946 -- 15. Creating the North Atlantic Alliance 1947-1949 -- 16. Department of External Affairs 1946-1952 -- 17. Envoy to India 1952-1957 -- 18. Ambassador to Germany 1958-1962 -- 19. Officer of the World Bank 1962-1965 -- 20. Creating Glendon College 1965-1969 At -- 21. Talks with L.B. Pearson 1963-1972 -- 22. Essays in Persuasion 1965-1988 -- Acknowledgments -- Index