Getting it done : a memoir /

Getting it done : a memoir /

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Author / Creator:	Burney, Derek H. (Derek Hudson), 1939-
Imprint:	Montreal [Que.] : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©2005.
Description:	1 online resource (xi, 208 pages) : illustrations, portraits
Language:	English
Subject:	Burney, Derek H. -- (Derek Hudson), -- 1939- Burney, Derek H. -- (Derek Hudson), -- 1939- Ambassadors -- Canada -- Biography. Diplomats -- Canada -- Biography. Ambassadors. Diplomatic relations. Diplomats. Canada -- Foreign relations -- 20th century. Canada -- Foreign relations -- United States. United States -- Foreign relations -- Canada. Canada. United States. Electronic books. Biographies.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11174637

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ISBN:	9780773573000 0773573003 0773529268 9780773529267
Notes:	Includes index. Print version record.
Summary:	"Whether it was organizing Canada's first G-7 Summit or concluding the Free Trade Agreement, Derek Burney fused politics, public policy, and diplomacy into a fine art. His tenure as chief of staff to Brian Mulroney is often cited as a model of how the Prime Minister's Office should work. As Canada's ambassador to the United States from 1989-1993 he had an insider's perspective on ways in which Canada manages, and sometimes mismanages, it relationship with the world's superpower. His career in Canada's foreign service spanned three decades, with assignments in Japan and Korea, and he served in Ottawa as deputy minister." "In a candid memoir, Burney paints a vivid picture of leading politicians, including Pierre Trudeau using an off-colour joke to break the ice with Ronald Reagan, Colin Powell becoming upset about Canadian concerns over collateral damage in the first Gulf War, and George Bush Sr. chafing at the excessive European flavour of G-7 summits."--Jacket.
Other form:	Print version: Burney, Derek H. (Derek Hudson), 1939- Getting it done. Montreal ; Ithaca : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©2005 0773529268

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Summary:	Whether it was organizing Canada's first G-7 Summit or concluding the Free Trade agreement, Derek Burney fused politics, public policy, and diplomacy into a fine art. His tenure as chief of staff to Brian Mulroney is often cited as a model of how the Prime Minister's Office should work. As Canada's ambassador to the United States from 1989-1993 he had an insider's perspective of ways in which Canada manages, and sometimes mismanages, its relationship with the world's superpower. His career in Canada's foreign service spanned three decades, with assignments in Japan and Korea, and he served in Ottawa as deputy minister..
Item Description:	Includes index.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (xi, 208 pages) : illustrations, portraits
ISBN:	9780773573000 0773573003 0773529268 9780773529267