The Call of the World - A Political Memoir

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.

List of contents

Part 1: Foreign Education
1 Where I Come From
2 Out and About
3 Trading Places
4 Never Twice without a Third
Part 2: Foreign Matters
5 House Duty
6 Parliamentary Diplomacy
7 Democratic Deficit
8 Human Security
9 All Geopolitics Is Local
10 Marching as to War
Part 3: Foreign Affairs
11 Friends in High Places
12 The Unwilling
13 Picking Up the Pieces
Part 4: Foreign Legions
14 Changing of the Guard
15 The 3D War
16 Home Fires
Aftermath

About the author

Bill Graham

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.

Product details

• Authors: Bill Graham
• Publisher: University Of British Columbia
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2018
• EAN: 9780774890045
• ISBN: 978-0-7748-9004-5
• No. of pages: 470
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 32 mm
• Series: The C.D. Howe Series in Canadian Political History; The C.D. Howe Series in Canadian Political History; The C.D. Howe Canadian Politic
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Biographies, autobiographies; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education