Canada's Department of External Affairs, Volume 1

After an introductory chapter dealing with the conduct of external relations before 1909, the book examines three distinct phases of the department''s development. Although the department had modest beginnings under the first under-secretary, Sir Joseph Pope (1909-1925), it was seen by his successor, O.D. Skelton, as an important instrument for the assertion of Canadian autonomy. Skelton presided ...