The constant diplomat : Robert Ford in Moscow / Charles A. Ruud.
Robert A.D. Ford had a distinguished diplomatic career that included an unprecedented sixteen years as Canadian ambassador to the Soviet Union during some of the most turbulent and important years of the Cold War (1964-80). Relying heavily on first-person testimony, including several interviews with...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Montréal [Que.] :
McGill-Queen's University Press,
©2009
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| Summary: | Robert A.D. Ford had a distinguished diplomatic career that included an unprecedented sixteen years as Canadian ambassador to the Soviet Union during some of the most turbulent and important years of the Cold War (1964-80). Relying heavily on first-person testimony, including several interviews with Ford himself, Charles Ruud takes the reader behind the official announcements, revealing Ford's thoughts and actions as he dealt with what was then seen as the great arch-enemy of Western democratic nations. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (1 online resource (xi, 303 pages : illustrations, map, portraits)) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780773576049 0773576045 1282866516 9781282866515 |