Acknowledgments / ix

Acronyms / xiii

1 Introduction / 1

2 Two Steps Behind (Beginnings through January 1942) / 7

3 Private Failure: Canada and the UNRRA (January 1942--November 1943) / 22

4 Public Success: Canada and the New Internationalism (January 1942--November 1943) / 36

5 Canada, the British Commonwealth, and the New World Order (February 1943--March 1944) / 52

6 Forked Roads (November 1943--July 1944) / 65

7 Disappointment at Dumbarton Oaks (April--October 1944) / 78

8 Middle Power Politics (October 1944--April 1945) / 95

9 The Public Road to San Francisco (October 1944--April 1945) / 115

10 Growing Up: Canada at San Francisco (April--June 1945) / 126

11 Shaping History (June--October 1945) / 139

Epilogue: Cherishing Illusions / 149

Notes / 153

Bibliography / 189

Index / 207