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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783756003321

Autore

Donaghy Greg

Titolo

Tolerant allies [[electronic resource] ] : Canada and the United States, 1963-1968 / / Greg Donaghy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Montreal : , : McGill-Queen's University Press, , 2002

ISBN

1-282-86071-2

9786612860713

0-7735-7055-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (246 pages)

Disciplina

327.71073

Soggetti

POLITICAL SCIENCE / General

United States Foreign relations Canada

Canada Foreign relations United States

United States Foreign relations 1963-1969

Canada Foreign relations 1945-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages [219]-229) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- An Unsteady Start -- A Continental Philosophy -- Converging Currencies -- Defending the Deterrent -- The Asian Conundrum -- Containing the New Nationalists -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Tolerant Allies draws extensively on recently declassified Canadian and American sources to explore the most important political, economic, and military elements in the bilateral relationship during the 1960s. Greg Donaghy challenges the prevailing view that relations during this turbulent decade were primarily marked by mutual hostility, the product of growing Canadian nationalism and differences over the war in Vietnam. Instead Donaghy argues that through the Autopact and the GATT, Canada and the United States crafted a new economic partnership that tied the two countries together more tightly than ever before.Donaghy shows that economic integration was offset to some extent by diverging views on Western political and military strategy. As Pearson's government pursued distinct foreign and defence policies, American policy-makers acknowledged that Canadian objectives



legitimately differed from their own and adjusted their policies accordingly. For its part, Ottawa rarely moved without weighing the impact its initiatives might have on Washington. As a result, Canada and the United States found ways to accommodate each other's interests without seriously impairing bilateral cooperation.