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Bill Graham served as a member of Parliament, chair of the House of Commons foreign affairs committee, minister of foreign affairs, minister of national defence, leader of the Official Opposition, and interim leader of the Liberal Party of Canada. He holds a BA and LLB from the University of Toronto and a doctorate (Sciences juridiques) from the Universit¿e Paris. Prior to his election to Parliament in 1993, Graham practised law at Fasken & Calvin and subsequently taught international trade law, public international law, and the law of the European Community at the University of Toronto, McGill University, and the Universit¿e Montr¿. In 1985, the French government appointed him a chevalier de la l¿on d¿honneur for his promotion of the French language in Canada. In 2014, he became a member of the Order of Canada in recognition of his contributions to Canadian politics.
List of contents
Part 1: Foreign Education1 Where I Come From
2 Out and About
3 Trading Places
4 Never Twice without a Third
Part 2: Foreign Matters5 House Duty
6 Parliamentary Diplomacy
7 Democratic Deficit
8 Human Security
9 All Geopolitics Is Local
10 Marching as to War
Part 3: Foreign Affairs11 Friends in High Places
12 The Unwilling
13 Picking Up the Pieces
Part 4: Foreign Legions14 Changing of the Guard
15 The 3D War
16 Home Fires
Aftermath
About the author
Bill Graham served as a member of Parliament, chair of the House of Commons foreign affairs committee, minister of foreign affairs, minister of national defence, leader of the Official Opposition, and interim leader of the Liberal Party of Canada. He holds a BA and LLB from the University of Toronto and a doctorate (Sciences juridiques) from the Université de Paris. Prior to his election to Parliament in 1993, Graham practised law at Fasken & Calvin and subsequently taught international trade law, public international law, and the law of the European Community at the University of Toronto, McGill University, and the Université de Montréal. In 1985, the French government appointed him a chevalier de la légion d'honneur for his promotion of the French language in Canada. In 2014, he became a member of the Order of Canada in recognition of his contributions to Canadian politics.
Summary
In this fiercely intelligent memoir, Bill Graham – Canada’s minister of foreign affairs and minister of defence during the tumultuous years following 9/11 – takes us on a personal journey through a period of upheaval in global and domestic politics, arguing that global institutions based on international law offer the best hope for a safer, more prosperous, and just world.
