Allan Gotlieb
Canadaâ€™s legendary ambassador to the United States reveals his personal diaries from his time in Washington, from 1981 to 1989.,Allan Gotlieb was ambassador to the United States during a high point in U.S.-Canada relations, the Reagan and Mulroney eras. One of our countryâ€™s most effective diplomats, he was renowned for forging inside connections to the capitalâ€™s key decision-makers, and as he has said, â€œIn Washington, gossip is not gossip â€” gossip is intelligence.â€ ,Gotlieb kept a diary almost daily during his time in Washington, and its entries are filled with anecdotes about meetings and parties with the capitalâ€™s social, media, and political elite. Katharine Graham, Jesse Helms, and Sandra Day Oâ€™Connor are just a few who appear in its pages, as are such Canadian visitors as Jean ChrÃ©tien, Joe Clark, and even Wayne Gretzky.,With frankness and self-deprecating wit, Gotlieb recounts the absurdities and pretensions of life in Washington and his fight to make Canadaâ€™s voice heard. His diaries chronicle not only the major international issues of the time â€” such as the forging of the Free Trade Agreement â€” but also his own growth from Washington outsider to sophisticated power-broker.,From the Hardcover edition.
Nonfiction,Autobiography,Memoir,Politics,Cultural,Canada
The Washington Diaries: 1981-1989