Distributed for University of British Columbia Press
Alliance and Illusion
Canada and the World, 1945-1984
Alliance and Illusion is the definitive assessment of the domestic and international aspects of Canadian foreign policy in the modern era. Robert Bothwell provides nuanced studies of Canada’s leaders and discusses international currents that drove Canadian external affairs, from American influence over Vietnam and the draft dodgers, to the French case of de Gaulle’s eruption into Quebec in 1967. This definitive recounting and assessment of Canadian foreign policy in the modern era fills a crucial gap in Canadian history and provides invaluable context for understanding Canada’s present-day foreign policy dilemmas.
480 pages
Table of Contents
Introduction
1 Construction and Reconstruction: Canada in 1945
2 Real Prosperity and Illusory Diplomacy
3 Realigning Canadian Foreign Policy, 1945-1947
4 Dividing the World, 1947-1949
5 Confronting a Changing Asia, 1945-1950
6 From Korea to the Rhine
7 The Era of Good Feeling, 1953-1957
8 Diefenbaker and the Dwindling British Connection
9 Nuclear Nightmares, 1957-1963
10 Innocence at Home: Economic Diplomacy in the 1960s
11 Innocence Abroad: Fumbling for Peace in Indochina
12 Vietnam and Canadian-American Relations
13 National Unity and Foreign Policy
14 Changing the Meaning of Defence
15 National Security and Social Security
16 The 1970s Begin
17 Parallel Lives: Nixon Meets Trudeau
18 The Pursuit of Promises
19 Canada First, 1976-1984
20 Returning to the Centre
Conclusion: Multilateral by Profession, Muddled by Nature
Notes
Further Reading
Index