I'll be with You in a Minute, Mr. Ambassador: The Education of a Canadian Diplomat in Washington"Allan Gotlieb hold the record for service by a Canadian ambassador in Washington: eight years. Between 1981 and 1989, he negotiated the controversial issues of free trade, acid rain, and Arctic sovereignty. Traditionally, ambassadors deal with the executive of national government, principally through the foreign ministry. And their dealings are carried out discreetly behind closed doors. That is the situation Allan Gotlieb expected to find when he was appointed ambassador. He soon learned better. In Washington, power in foreign affairs is diffused among a myriad of forces: Congress and its committees and subcommittees, its individual members and their staffs, the White House, the State Department, other government departments and agencies, special-interest groups, the media, celebrity columnists, lobbyists, lawyers, and secretaries. Gotleib became an acknowledged master of the new diplomacy, relating to all these groups, an effective lobbyist as well as a skilled diplomat. In this extended essay he describes his Washington experiences and offers strategies for dealing with Washington's dispersed and shared system of decision-making in foreign affairs."--Book jacket. |
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Traditional Diplomacy | 3 |
Congress and the New Diplomacy | 43 |
The Administration | 79 |
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