Good Fight

Brendan Kelly is a junior fellow at the Bill Graham Centre for Contemporary International History and teaches in Trinity College's International Relations program at the University of Toronto. He is also the book review editor of International Journal. His publications cover such topics as Canada's treaties with Indigenous peoples, Canada during the Second World War, and Canadian international history.

"[An] absorbing political biography."- Bruce K. Ward (Literary Review of Canada) Kelly's formidable biography – superbly researched, judiciously argued, and well written – is a guarantee that Cadieux will no longer be forgotten. - Greg Donaghy (British Journal of Canadian Studies) "This is an excellent biography of one of Canada's most important diplomats and civil servants during a pivotal period in Canada's international affairs."- Robin Gendron (Canadian Foreign Policy Journal) This excellent biography should be required reading for foreign policy practitioners and academics alike. Kelly has deeply mined his primary sources in both official languages and has offered up a narrative that convincingly challenges some existing precepts of this period in Canadian diplomatic history. He offers us a convincing portrait of one of the greats in Canadian public service. In his Marcel Cadieux we see a selfless diplomat of firm and fearless skill, as well as a Canadian and Quebecois patriot deeply devoted to national unity. Through Brendan Kelly's rendering, we also see Cadieux as the epitome of the human, networked, and connected diplomat.- Peter Boehm, Senate of Canada (International Journal) "Une excellente biographie consacrée à un haut fonctionnaire francophone d'une grande valeur, d'une grande　intégrité professionnelle, et dont la contribution fût marquante au service du Canada et qui, à certains égards, demeure toujours d'actualité."- Jean-Pierre Juneau (Forum: Bulletin of Canadian Foreign Service) "[B]y centering the French-Canadian perspective and focusing on the figure of Marcel Cadieux, The Good Fight enriches our understanding of Canadian international history in the mid-twentieth century."- David Meren (American Review of Canadian Studies)

• Preface 1 The Birth of a French Canadian Nationalist, 1915–41 2 Premières Armes: Ottawa, London, Brussels, 1941–47 3 The Making of a Diplomat and Cold Warrior, 1947–554 A Versatile Diplomat, 1955–635 Departmental Tensions: Cadieux, Paul Martin Sr., and Canadian Foreign Policy, 1963–686 A Lonely Fight: Countering France and the Establishment of Quebec's "International Personality," 1963–677 The National Unity Crisis: Resisting Quebec and France at Home and in la Francophonie, 1967–708 The Politician and the Civil Servant: Pierre Trudeau, Cadieux, and the DEA, 1968–709 Ambassadorial Woes: Washington, 1970–7510 Final Assignments, 1975–81ConclusionNotes; Bibliography; Index