In Search of Canadian Political Culture - UBC Press
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<strong>UBC</strong> <strong>Press</strong><br />
Alliance and Illusion<br />
Canada and the World, 1945–1984<br />
Robert Bothwell<br />
A book <strong>of</strong> great sophistication – fluently composed,<br />
and with flare; wearing its considerable learning<br />
lightly; and written by an author in full command <strong>of</strong><br />
his field. Not only is it the first sustained historical<br />
treatment <strong>of</strong> <strong>Canadian</strong> foreign policy post-war, but it is<br />
also a rumination on the <strong>Canadian</strong> condition in years<br />
<strong>of</strong> achievement and fragility, a paradox that Bothwell<br />
captures brilliantly. Every page crackles with good<br />
writing and good sense.<br />
– Norman Hillmer, co-author <strong>of</strong> From Umpire to<br />
Empire: Canada and the World into the Twenty-First<br />
Century.<br />
Alliance and Illusion is a political, economic, and<br />
social history that examines both domestic and<br />
international aspects <strong>of</strong> <strong>Canadian</strong> foreign policy.<br />
Robert Bothwell provides nuanced studies <strong>of</strong><br />
Canada’s leaders, examining John Diefenbaker’s<br />
muddles, Lester B. Pearson’s realism, and Pierre<br />
Trudeau’s limited policy vision. He also discusses<br />
international currents that drove <strong>Canadian</strong> external<br />
affairs, from American influence over Vietnam and<br />
the draft dodgers, to the French case <strong>of</strong> de Gaulle’s<br />
eruption into Quebec in 1967.<br />
Contents<br />
Chronology; <strong>In</strong>troduction<br />
1 Construction and Reconstruction: Canada in 1945<br />
2 Real Prosperity and Illusory Diplomacy<br />
3 Realigning <strong>Canadian</strong> Foreign Policy, 1945-1947<br />
4 Dividing the World, 1947-1949<br />
5 Confronting a Changing Asia, 1945-1950<br />
6 From Korea to the Rhine<br />
7 The Era <strong>of</strong> Good Feeling, 1953-1957<br />
8 Diefenbaker and the Dwindling British Connection<br />
9 Nuclear Nightmares, 1957-1963<br />
10 <strong>In</strong>nocence at Home: Economic Diplomacy in the 1960s<br />
11 <strong>In</strong>nocence Abroad: Fumbling for Peace in <strong>In</strong>dochina<br />
12 Vietnam and <strong>Canadian</strong>-American Relations<br />
13 National Unity and Foreign Policy<br />
14 Changing the Meaning <strong>of</strong> Defence<br />
15 National Security and Social Security<br />
16 The 1970s Begin<br />
17 Parallel Lives: Nixon Meets Trudeau<br />
18 The Pursuit <strong>of</strong> Promises<br />
19 Canada First, 1976-1984<br />
20 Returning to the Centre<br />
Conclusion: Multilateral by Pr<strong>of</strong>ession, Muddled by Nature<br />
Notes; Further Reading and a Note on Sources; <strong>In</strong>dex<br />
Robert Bothwell is one <strong>of</strong> Canada’s foremost<br />
historians and a leading expert on <strong>Canadian</strong><br />
international relations. He holds the May Gluskin<br />
Chair in <strong>Canadian</strong> History at the University <strong>of</strong><br />
Toronto, where he is Director <strong>of</strong> the <strong>In</strong>ternational<br />
Relations Program at Trinity College. He is<br />
author <strong>of</strong> The New Penguin History <strong>of</strong> Canada,<br />
as well as Canada and the United States,<br />
Canada and Quebec, and The Big Chill.<br />
May 2007, 512 pages, est., 6 x 9”<br />
0-7748-1368-7 / 978-0-7748-1368-6<br />
cloth $85.00<br />
0-7748-1369-5 / 978-0-7748-1369-3<br />
paper $34.95 (publishing January 2008)<br />
www.ubcpress.ca / 1 877 864 8477 5