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Strategically located at the gateway to the South American
continent, Colombia has long been a key player in shaping the
United States' involvement with its Latin American neighbors. In
this book Stephen J. Randall examines the course of U.S.-Colombian
relations over two centuries, taking into account the broad
spectrum of political, social, cultural, and economic contacts that
have figured in the interaction. ,br> A leader in the movement
for independence from Spain in the early nineteenth century,
Colombia shared with the United States the aspiration of becoming a
leader for the entire hemisphere. Its early efforts in this
direction - notably its initiation in the 1820s of the first
Pan-American Conference - soon languished, however, as the unequal
growth between the two countries took its toll. By the turn of the
century, after years of destructive civil war, Colombia had slipped
far behind its northern neighbor militarily, economically, and
politically. The United States, meanwhile, had emerged as a great
power, and the first major manifestation of the two countries'
divergence came with the U.S.-supported secession of Panama in
1903--an event that deeply shocked Colombians and tainted their
view of the United States for subsequent generations. During the
twentieth century, Randall explains, a tension in Colombian
politics and culture has persisted between those who advocate an
independent, even antagonistic, stance toward the United States and
those who propound a policy of realism that accepts Colombia's
place as a middle, regional power within the U.S. orbit. For its
part, the United States has continually failed to realize that
Colombians, with their European intellectual heritage stretching
back four hundred years, do not see themselves as an insignificant
Third World nation. The result has been an often strained
relationship, which Randall traces through two world wars, economic
booms and depressions, the Cold War, and, finally, the present-day
guerrilla conflicts and drug trade controversies.
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.
From the American Revolution to NAFTA to the Helms-Burton Act and
beyond, Canada and the United States offers a current, thoughtful
assessment of relations between the two countries. Distilling a
mass of detail concerning cultural, economic, and political
developments of mutual importance during the past two centuries,
this survey enables readers to grasp quickly the essence of the
shared experience of these two countries.
Strategically located at the gateway to the South American
continent, Colombia has long been one of the key players in the
United States' relations with its Latin American neighbours. In
this book, the sixth volume to appear in ""The United States and
the Americas"" series, Stephen J. Randall examines the course of
those relations over two centuries, taking into account the braod
spectrum of political, social, cultural and economic contacts that
have figured in the interaction. A leader in the movement for
independence from Spain in the early 19th century, Colombia shared
with the United States the aspiration of becoming a leader for the
entire hemisphere. Its early efforts in this direction - notably
its initiation in the 1820s of the first Pan American Conference -
soon languished, however, as the unequal growth between the two
countries took its toll. By the turn of the century, after years of
destructive civil war, Colombia had slipped far behind its northern
neighbour militarily, economically and politically. The United
States, meanwhile, had emerged as a great power, and the first
major manifestation of the two countries' divergence came with the
US-supported secession of Panama in 1903 - an event that deeply
shocked Colombians and tainted their view of the United States for
subsequent generations. During the 20th century, Randall explains,
a tension in Colombian politics and culture has persisted between
those who advocate an independent, even antagonistic, stance toward
the United States and those who propound a policy of realism that
accepts Colombia's place as a middle, regional power within the
U.S. orbit. For its part, the United States has continually failed
to realize that Colombians, with their European intellectual
heritage stretching back 400 years, do not see themselves as an
insignificant Third World nation. The result has been an often
strained relationship, which Randall traces through two world wars,
economic booms and depressions, the Cold War and finally, the
present-day guerrilla conflicts and drug trade controversies.
Drawing on archival sources in both countries, many previously
unused, this book is a comprehensive overview of the US-Colombian
relationship.
An ""impartial and authoritative"" survey of Canadian-American
relations - now in a new, completely updated edition.The United
States and Canada have the world's largest trading relationship and
the longest shared border. Spanning the period from the American
Revolution to post-9/11 debates over shared security, ""Canada and
the United States"" offers a current, thoughtful assessment of
relations between the two countries. Distilling a mass of detail
concerning cultural, economic, and political developments of mutual
importance over more than two centuries, this survey enables
readers to grasp quickly the essence of the shared experience of
these two countries.This edition of ""Canada and the United
States"" has been extensively rewritten and updated throughout to
reflect new scholarly arguments, emphases, and discoveries. In
addition, there is new material on such topics as energy, the
environment, cultural and economic integration, the wars in Iraq
and Afghanistan, border security, missile defense, and the second
Bush administration.
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