Promotional Information

Based on unprecedented access--interviews with key players, diaries, memos, etc.--the first book to document Brian Mulroney's impressive foreign policy record, from NAFTA to the collapse of the Soviet Union, climate change to the release of Nelson Mandela.

About the Author

FEN OSLER HAMPSON is Chancellor's Professor at Carleton University (he earned his PhD at Harvard), a Distinguished Fellow and Director of Global Security Research at The Centre for International Governance Innovation, and a Co-Director of the Global Commission on Internet Governance. He (with Derek Burney) has been a columnist for the Globe and Mail, authored and co-authored thirty-eight books and more than 100 articles on international relations, as well as twenty-three influential reports to government. He was a finalist for the 2015 Donner Prize, and is a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.

Reviews

Praise for Master of Persuasion:

“Master of Persuasion tells a compelling story about Brian Mulroney’s important policies on the wide range of issues that were at the center of the Canadian debate during his time in office, including the vital role that Canada under his leadership played in advancing human rights and ending apartheid in South Africa.” —Paul Martin, former Prime Minister of Canada

“It [is] a tonic to read an analysis from a serious scholar and practitioner that connects the dots on the Mulroney approach to Canada’s global role, and the need to engage internationally in Canada’s domestic and global interests. [Master of Persuasion] is simply a superb, thematically coherent, and informative overview.” —Hugh Segal, Head of Massey College

"I recall a few raised eyebrows when Brian Mulroney was named Canada's Greenest prime minister. Fen Hampson's meticulously researched review of Mulroney's contribution to our planet amply confirms that title.  I keep waiting for a Canadian prime minister to seriously challenge his record, as I imagine Mr. Mulroney does as well.” —Elizabeth May, leader of the Green Party of Canada

“A compelling behind the scenes examination of the extraordinary statecraft of a leader who time and again displayed that hardest of diplomatic skills—promotion of hard national interests while at the same time galvanizing historic campaigns to advance global compassion and democratic values.
     As revealed  by international affairs historian Fen Osler Hampson, Brian Mulroney combined rare political insight with an often rollicking power of persuasion to advance objectives across a broad front.” —Brian Stewart, former foreign affairs correspondent and senior fellow of the Munk School of     Global Affairs