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O.D. Skelton : the work of the world, 1923-1941

Skelton, Oscar D. (Oscar Douglas), 1878-1941, author, Hillmer, Norman, writer of added commentary, editor

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\"Skelton was a towering foreign policy advisor to Canada's prime ministers and a lonely advocate for the country's independence from Great Britain. His accounts detail his work as he co-operated and clashed with William Lyon Mackenzie King and R.B. Bennett over Canada's participation in the international arena. Norman Hillmer's selection and assessment of Skelton's writings offer a behind-the-scenes look at the inner workings of the federal government as Skelton systematically built up the Department of External Affairs and the Canadian diplomatic service as instruments of the national interest, confronted the Manchurian, Ethiopian, and Czech crises of the 1930s, aligned himself with senior francophone politicians such as Ernest Lapointe and Raoul Dandurand, and watched in despair as Europe and Asia descended into war.\"--Back of jacket.

• Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press ; The Champlain Society
• Subject: Skelton, Oscar D. 1878-1941 Diaries. / Skelton, Oscar D. 1878-1941 Journaux intimes. / Political consultants Canada Biography. / Statesmen Canada Biography. / International relations History 20th century. / Conseillers politiques Canada Biographies. / Hommes d'État Canada Biographies. / Relations internationales Histoire 20e siècle. / Canada Officials and employees Biography. / Canada Foreign relations 1918-1945. / Canada Foreign relations 20th century. / Canada Fonctionnaires Biographies. / Canada Relations extérieures 1918-1945.
• ISBN: 9780773542723, 0773542728, 9780773542730, 0773542736

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F1034.S56 A3 2013	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE