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A Pivotal Period
From: Lloyd Axelworthy
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In this chapter, Axworthy traces his years in the United States during the Kennedy era and the civil rights movement of the early 1960s. It examines the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962, the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, and Canada’s distinct nuclear stance.
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Lloyd Axelworthy
Lloyd Axworthy is a Canadian politician, elder statesman and academic. He served as Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Jean Chrétien. In 2000, he retired from politics, returning to western Canada where he served as President of the University of Winnipeg for ten years. In December, 2015 he was promoted to Companion of the Order of Canada. He now chairs the World Refugee and Migration Council and lives with his wife Denise, in Ottawa.
