In the National Interest - Canadian Foreign Policy and the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, 1909-2009 (Paperback)

Canada's role as world power and its sense of itself in the global landscape has been largely shaped and defined over the past 100 years by the changing policies and personalities in the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT). This engaging and provocative book brings together fifteen of the country's leading historians and political scientists to discuss a century of Canada's national interests and DFAIT's role in defining and pursuing them. Accomplished and influential analysts such as Jack Granatstein, Norman Hillmer, and Nelson Michaud, are joined by rising stars like Whitney Lackenbauer, Adam Chapnick, and Tammy Nemeth in commenting on the history and future implications of Canada's foreign policy. In the National Interest: Canadian Foreign Policy and the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, 1909-2009 , gives fresh insight into the Canada First concept in the 1920s, the North American security issues in the 1930s, Canada's vision for the United Nations, early security warnings in the Arctic, the rise of the international francophone community, conflicting continental visions over energy, and Canada/U.S. policy discussions. The impact of politicians and senior bureaucrats such as O.D. Skelton, Lester B. Pearson, Marcel Cadieux, Jules Leger, Pierre Trudeau and Brian Mulroney are set against issues such as national defence, popular opinion, human rights, and energy production. In the National Interest also provides a platform for discussion about Canada's future role on the international stage. With its unique combination of administrative and policy history, In the National Interest is in a field of its own.

General

Imprint:	University of Calgary Press
Country of origin:	Canada
Release date:	May 2011
First published:	May 2011
Contributors:	Robin S. Gendron • Greg Donaghy
Editors:	Greg Donaghy
Contributors:	Tammy Nemeth • Nelson Michaud • Stephen J Randall • Elizabeth Riddell-Dixon • Michael K. Carroll
Editors:	Michael K. Carroll
Contributors:	Norman Hillmer
Dimensions:	228 x 152 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	284
ISBN-13:	978-1-55238-538-8
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > International relations > General
LSN:	1-55238-538-8
Barcode:	9781552385388

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