The Diplomat

Lester Pearson and the Suez Crisis

Nonfiction, History, Africa, Egypt, Modern, 20th Century, Biography & Memoir, Political
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Author: Antony Anderson ISBN: 9780864928030
Publisher: Goose Lane Editions Publication: September 29, 2015
Imprint: Goose Lane Editions Language: English
Author: Antony Anderson
ISBN: 9780864928030
Publisher: Goose Lane Editions
Publication: September 29, 2015
Imprint: Goose Lane Editions
Language: English

Shortlisted, John W. Dafoe Book Prize

Saturday, November 3, 1956

The United Nations, New York City about 10 p.m.

Lester Pearson, Canada's foreign minister (and future prime minister) stands before the United Nations General Assembly. He is about to speak, reading from a proposal composed of seventy-eight painstakingly chosen words. These words, shaped by caution and hope, are a last-ditch attempt to prevent a conflict in Egypt from igniting a conflagration throughout the Middle East. Pearson, in perhaps his finest hour, is about to carve out a razor's edge of common ground to bring together angry allies and bitter enemies by suggesting and making possible the creation of the first UN peacekeeping force. Pearson's diplomacy throughout the Suez Crisis launched a blold experiment in international security and cemented Canada's reputation as "a moderate, mediatory, middle power." and yet, until now, no one has told the full story of how this Canadian diplomat led the world back from the brink of war.

In a unique blending of biography and political history, Antony Anderson's The Diplomat draws from diplomatic cables, memoirs, diaries, anecdotes, official memoranda, and exclusive author interviews to create not only a compelling portrait of Pearson, the man at the centre of the negotiations, but also a nuanced analysis of the political maze navigated by Pearson to avert a bloody war.

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Shortlisted, John W. Dafoe Book Prize

Saturday, November 3, 1956

The United Nations, New York City about 10 p.m.

Lester Pearson, Canada's foreign minister (and future prime minister) stands before the United Nations General Assembly. He is about to speak, reading from a proposal composed of seventy-eight painstakingly chosen words. These words, shaped by caution and hope, are a last-ditch attempt to prevent a conflict in Egypt from igniting a conflagration throughout the Middle East. Pearson, in perhaps his finest hour, is about to carve out a razor's edge of common ground to bring together angry allies and bitter enemies by suggesting and making possible the creation of the first UN peacekeeping force. Pearson's diplomacy throughout the Suez Crisis launched a blold experiment in international security and cemented Canada's reputation as "a moderate, mediatory, middle power." and yet, until now, no one has told the full story of how this Canadian diplomat led the world back from the brink of war.

In a unique blending of biography and political history, Antony Anderson's The Diplomat draws from diplomatic cables, memoirs, diaries, anecdotes, official memoranda, and exclusive author interviews to create not only a compelling portrait of Pearson, the man at the centre of the negotiations, but also a nuanced analysis of the political maze navigated by Pearson to avert a bloody war.

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