Friends and Enemies
Essays in Canada's Foreign Relations
Published on 26. April 2024
Book
Paperback/Softback
364 pages
978-1-4875-4984-8 (ISBN)
Description
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. Based on interviews and extensive archival research, the essays reveal how Granatstein's views shifted as he reacted to altered conditions in Canada, Canadian alliances, and the world situation.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Toronto
Canada
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
Weight
535 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4875-4984-8 (9781487549848)
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Person
J.L. Granatstein is the former director and CEO of the Canadian War Museum and a distinguished research professor emeritus of history. He is an award-winning author of more than sixty books on Canadian political and military history, the recipient of numerous honorary degrees, and an Officer of the Order of Canada.
Content
Preface
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Introduction
Section 1: 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. A Friendly Agreement in Advance: Canada-US Defence Relations Past, Present, and Future
Section 2: 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 3: 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?
Permissions
Introduction
Section 1: 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. A Friendly Agreement in Advance: Canada-US Defence Relations Past, Present, and Future
Section 2: 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 3: 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?