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The Art of the Possible: Government and Foreign Policy in Canada

By James Eayrs

© 1961

This study, admirable in the logic of its organization and in the freshness of its style, provides an absorbing account of historical developments and current practices in the making of Canada's foreign policy. It analyses carefully and vividly the way in which the prime minister and members of his cabinet, members of the civil service, Parliament, and the military establishment have come together in peace and war to discover "the possible" for Canada's relations with other countries.

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  • Series: Heritage
  • World Rights
  • Page Count: 242 pages
  • Dimensions: 6.0in x 1.0in x 9.0in
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This study provides an absorbing account of historical developments and current practices in the making of Canada's foreign policy.

The Art of the Possible: Government and Foreign Policy in Canada

By James Eayrs

© 1961

This study, admirable in the logic of its organization and in the freshness of its style, provides an absorbing account of historical developments and current practices in the making of Canada's foreign policy. It analyses carefully and vividly the way in which the prime minister and members of his cabinet, members of the civil service, Parliament, and the military establishment have come together in peace and war to discover "the possible" for Canada's relations with other countries.

Product Details

  • Series: Heritage
  • World Rights
  • Page Count: 242 pages
  • Dimensions: 6.0in x 1.0in x 9.0in

  • Author Information

    James Eayrs is a former professor in the Department of Political Economy at the University of Toronto and a professor emeritus at Dalhousie University. He received the Governor General's Award for Non-Fiction in 1965 for the first two volumes of In Defence of Canada. Among his other books are The Art of the Possible and Diplomacy and Its Discontents.

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