The Constant Diplomat: Robert Ford in Moscow 9780773576049

The leaders and politics of the Soviet Union seen through the eyes of an experienced ambassador.

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The Constant Diplomat: Robert Ford in Moscow
 9780773576049

Table of contents :
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Illustrations
Map: Soviet Sites Visited
1 The Ambassador in Training
2 Thereza and Encounters with Russia
3 Politics under Khrushchev
4 Brezhnev, the Flawed Leader
5 The Soviets under Threat
6 Trudeau’s Opening
7 Trudeau in Moscow
8 Trudeau after the Peak
9 Soviet Meetings
10 The Decline of the USSR
11 The Soviet Embassy, Ottawa
12 Final Things
13 A Retrospective Look
APPENDICES
A: A Soviet Province
B: Early Travels with Ford, 1952–1953
C: Travels with Ford, 1954–1972
D: Travels with the Ambassador, 1978–1979
Notes
Bibliography
Index
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
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R
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