Camelot and Canada

Canadian-American Relations in the Kennedy Era
Erscheinungsjahr 2016
ISBN: 978-0-19-060505-6
Verlag: OXFORD UNIV PR

Buch, Englisch, 312 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 634 g

Camelot and Canada explores Canada-U.S. relations in the early 1960s--the Kennedy era--a period marked not only by some of the tensest moments of the Cold War but also by the most contentious moments in the relationship between these neighboring nations.

Exploring key political, economic, and military features of the Canada-U.S. relationship during this period, Asa McKercher challenges the prevailing view that U.S. foreign policymakers, including President John F. Kennedy, were imperious in their conduct toward Canada. Rather, he shows that the Kennedy administration continued to uphold the special diplomatic relationship that characterized the early postwar years. Even as John Diefenbaker's government pursued distinct foreign and economic policies, American officials acknowledged that Canadian objectives legitimately differed from their own and adjusted their policies accordingly. Moreover, for all its bluster, Ottawa rarely made a move without weighing the impact that its initiatives might have on Washington.

At the same time, Camelot and Canada acknowledges the significant strain placed on the bilateral relationship in the early sixties, due to mounting Canadian doubts about U.S. leadership in the Cold War and a growing sense of nationalism in Canada. Rooted in Canadian concern at their country's close ties with the United States, this nationalism came to be personified by Diefenbaker, whose personal clashes with Kennedy have become mythologized by historians and the public alike. McKercher highlights how the Kennedy era saw an increasing breakdown of the postwar consensus between Canadians and Americans, even as the special relationship between their governments continued to function.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mckercher, Asa

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Staats- und Regierungsformen, Staatslehre
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Weltgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Acknowledgments

- Introduction

- Ch 1 - Good Fences: Canadian-American Relations from Eisenhower to Kennedy, 1957-61

- Ch 2 - New Frontiers: Kennedy in Ottawa and the Cold War in the Third World, 1961-2

- Ch 3 - Atomic Anxieties: Berlin, BOMARCS, and the Bomb, 1961-2

- Ch 4- Grand Designs: Canada-US Economic Relations, Nationalism, and Global Trade, 1961-2

- Ch 5 - Cuban Crises: Canada-US Relations and Cuba, 1962

- Ch 6 - Troubled Endings: From Diefenbaker to Pearson, 1963

- Epilogue - The Spirit of Hyannis Port and the End of Camelot

- Abbreviations and Notes

- Bibliography

- Index

Über Autor(innen)

Asa McKercher is L.R. Wilson Assistant Professor of History at McMaster University.