Review: An Acceptance of Paradox
| Author | John P. Schlegel |
| Published date | 01 March 1984 |
| Date | 01 March 1984 |
| DOI | http://doi.org/10.1177/002070208403900115 |
| Subject Matter | Review |
226
INTERNATIONAL
JOURNAL
tions
(an
exception
to
the
prevailing
isolationism
of
the
time),
King's
advocacy in
1934
of
a
Canadian
initiative
in
support
of
economic
sanctions
against aggressors
(a
proposal
which
he
ignored
when
he
returned
to office),
and
King's
1937
statement
in Paris
indicating
probable
entry
into
a
new
general
war
(his
first
public
statement
of
that
nature).
In
general,
however,
the
topics which
Stacey
gives
full
treatment
are
well
chosen
as
to
their
significance,
and
admirably
documented
from
both
published
and
unpublished
sources.
The
book
is
written
with
the
author's
customary
clarity,
style,
and
wit.
It
provides
a
major
contribution
to
our
understanding
of
Canadian
foreign
policy
in
a
period
of
critical
importance.
Richard
Veatch/University
of
Winnipeg
AN
ACCEPTANCE
OF
PARADOX
Essays
on
Canadian
diplomacy
in
honour
of
John
W.
Holmes
Edited
by
Kim
Richard
Nossal
Toronto:
Canadian
Institute
of
International
Affairs,
1982,
Xii,
203pp,
$13.50
John
Wendell
Holmes
-
the
diplomat,
the
teacher,
the
moving force
in
the
Canadian Institute
of
International
Affairs
-
is
the
focus
of
this
sensitive
and
well-wrought
collection
of
essays.
In
196o,
after
a
career
in
the foreign
service
and
postings
scattered
throughout
the world,
Holmes
entered
the
world
of
academe
and thus
the
lives
of
the
con-
tributors
to
this
collection.
He
brought
to
the
classroom
a
world
of
experience
truly
global
in
perspective, having
familiarized
himself
with
the
international
community's
gurus
and
wielders
of
power.
As
a
lecturer
and
writer,
Holmes became
one
of
Canada's
finest
essayists,
writing
with
a
style
and
a
grace
and
a
constancy
of
theme
unrivalled
among
those
who
wrote
of
international
affairs.
Those
essays
dis-
played
his
pragmatism,
wit,
moderation, and
scepticism.
A
vast
knowledge
and
a
vast
network
of
acquaintances
allowed
him
to
be
a
disciplined
and
a
demanding
mentor,
seeking
objectivity
and
dis-
claiming
appeals
to
ideology
or
emotion
or
even nationalism.
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