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Getting it Done

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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 t...
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  • 25 April 2005
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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 over Canadian concerns about collateral damage in the first Gulf War, and George Bush Sr chafing at the excessive European flavour of G-7 summits.
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Price: $45.95
Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
Imprint: McGill-Queen's University Press
Publication Date: 25 April 2005
ISBN: 9780773573000
Format: eBook
BISACs: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General
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Derek H. Burney is the former chief of staff to Prime Minister Brian Mulroney (1987-89) and was Canada's ambassador to the United States (1989-93).