"Friends and Enemies presents a collection of essays on Canadian foreign policy written by J.L. Granatstein, one of the leading political and military historians in the country. The essays cover a period primarily from the Second World War through to the early 2000s and examine policy under pri...

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1. Verfasser:	Granatstein, Jack L. 1939- (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Buch
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Toronto ; Buffalo ; London University of Toronto Press [2024]
Schlagworte:	Canada / Foreign relations / 1945- Canada / Relations extérieures / 1945- HISTORY / Canada / Post-Confederation (1867-) Diplomatic relations Canada Since 1945
Zusammenfassung:	"Friends and Enemies presents a collection of essays on Canadian foreign policy written by J.L. Granatstein, one of the leading political and military historians in the country. The essays cover a period primarily from the Second World War through to the early 2000s and examine policy under prime ministers Mackenzie King, Louis St. Laurent, John Diefenbaker, Lester Pearson, and Pierre Trudeau. These essays are not theoretical; instead, they are narrative accounts based on interviews and extensive research in archives across Canada, the United States, and Britain. The collection addresses important topics such as peacekeeping and Canada-US relations, as well as multiculturalism and foreign policy, the Cold War, and Canada-Soviet relations. Written over many years, the essays reveal how Granatstein's views shifted as he reacted to altered conditions in Canada, Canadian alliances, and the world situation. Offering rich and masterful insight into the events that shaped our understanding of Canadian foreign policy, Friends and Enemies allows readers and students of history and political science to examine events from a sharply pointed perspective."-- Cover -- Half-Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Permissions -- Introduction -- Section One: Canada and the United States -- 1 Getting on with the Americans: Changing Canadian Perceptions of the United States, 1939-1945 -- 2 Canada and the Marshall Plan, June-December 1947 -- 3 The Rise and Fall of Canadian-American Free Trade, 1947-1948 -- 4 Too Close for Comfort: John Diefenbaker and the Political Uses of Anti-Americanism -- 5 When Push Came to Shove: Canada and the United States -- 6 The Importance of Being Less Earnest: Promoting Canada's National Interests through Tighter Ties with the US -- Section Two: Canada and Britain -- 7 The Anglocentrism of Canadian Diplomacy -- 8 Dealing with London -- 9 How Britain's Weakness Forced Canada into the Arms of the United States -- 10 From Mother Country to Far Away Relative: The Canadian-British Military Relationship from 1945 -- Section Three: Canada in the World -- 11 Canada as an Ally: Always Difficult, Always Divided -- 12 When the Department of External Affairs Mattered - and When It Shouldn't Have -- 13 Peacekeeping Is Our Profession? -- 14 Peacekeeping: Did Canada Make a Difference? And What Difference Did Peacekeeping Make to Canada? -- 15 What's Wrong with Peacekeeping? -- 16 War and Peacekeeping in the Canadian Psyche -- 17 Changing Alliances: Canada and the Soviet Union, 1939-1945 -- 18 From Gouzenko to Gorbachev: Canada's Cold War -- 19 Multiculturalism and Canadian Foreign Policy -- 20 Can Canada Have a Grand Strategy?.
Beschreibung:	Includes bibliographical references.
Beschreibung:	x, 354 Seiten
ISBN:	9781487549831 9781487549848