The Siren Years: A Canadian Diplomat Abroad 1937-1945
by Ritchie, Charles
- Used
- Very Good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket as Issued
- ISBN 10
- 077107526X
- ISBN 13
- 9780771075261
- Seller
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Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Synopsis
One of Canada’s most distinguished diplomats, Charles Ritchie (1906–1995) had a brilliant career in Canada’s diplomatic corps, serving as Canada’s ambassador to Bonn, West Germany; as Canadian Permanent Representative to the United Nations; as ambassador to the United States during the presidencies of John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson; and as High Commissioner to London.
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- Bookseller
- First Used Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002548
- Title
- The Siren Years: A Canadian Diplomat Abroad 1937-1945
- Author
- Ritchie, Charles
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket as Issued
- Edition
- First Thus
- ISBN 10
- 077107526X
- ISBN 13
- 9780771075261
- Publisher
- Macmillan of Canada
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 2001
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Keywords
- Biography Memoirs Political Science - Canada Diplomacy
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography; Political Science - Canada;
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