"Relentlessly chronicles just how far this country has fallen from global grace."
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Ottawa Citizen "In well-crafted prose and on a foundation of extensive knowledge of our diplomatic history, Cohen recounts a tale of how we have created... a make-believe foreign policy."
-Richard Gwyn,
Toronto Star "A trenchant critique of modern Canadian foreign policy."
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Time Magazine
"Cohen's contribution is invaluable. A book full of... rich detail, written with passion and engaging prose.... A must read for all of those who wish to understand the roots of Canada's global outlook."
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Globe and Mail "Mr. Cohen... has hit the bull's-eye."
-Jeffrey Simpson,
Globe and Mail "There could hardly be a better time for
While Canada Slept, Andrew Cohen's cogent and sobering survey of this country's long slide into the margins of global importance.... A powerful indictment of how we've neglected our role in the world."
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Victoria Times-Colonist "Provocative and persuasive.... [Cohen's] arguments are persuasive and ably defended in a book that is brisk, on the mark and wonderfully readable."
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London Free Press "Persuasive and compelling.... A long-awaited wake-up call to Canadians who have for years been blinded in a glare of self-satisfaction about their own international importance."
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Halifax Chronicle-Herald "Cohen has pulled together a well-written, engaging and timely book. This is clearly a must-read for all Canadians interested in our glorious past and in Canada having an influential voice in the world once again."
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Montreal Gazette "The articulation of foreign policy and the integration of its various elements (diplomatic, aid, military and financial) should be high on [the next prime minister's] list of his or her policy challenges. If so, much will be owed to Andrew Cohen for this passionate, informative, entertaining and mostly convincing volume."
-David Malone,
Literary Review of Canada " Excellent ... This is an exceptionally easy book to read - popular but built on scholarship and masterly in its smooth transitions."
-Douglas Fisher,
Legion Magazine