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Adam Chapnick on his award-nominated book, Canada on the United Nations Security Council
Award History
2019 Finalist
Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writingfor Canada on the United Nations Security Council: A Small Power on a Large Stage
Jury Citation
"With meticulous, original research and engaging narrative verve, Adam Chapnick’s timely work of history takes us behind the scenes of Canada’s various campaigns for a seat on the United Nations Security Council. The book gives us both a gossipy insider’s view of the politicking that goes into a Security Council bid and a brisk analysis of the what Canada did – or did not – accomplish during its various stints on the Council. It’s a rare work of serious academic history that is this entertaining, as Chapnick lifts the curtain on the inner working of the UN while capturing the drama – and the occasional absurdity – of the game at hand." —2019 Shaughnessy Cohen Prize Jury (Greg Donaghy, Althia Raj, and Paula Simons)
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