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Record Nr.

UNINA9910797186403321

Autore

Haglund David G.

Titolo

Ethnic diasporas and the Canada-United States security community : from the Civil War to today / / David G. Haglund

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

9781442242708

1442242701

9781442242692

1442242698

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (273 p.)

Disciplina

327.73071

Soggetti

National security - United States

National security - Canada

Irish Americans - Politics and government

German Americans - Politics and government

Muslims - Political activity - United States

Muslims - Political activity - Canada

United States Foreign relations Canada

Canada Foreign relations United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Introduction""; ""Chapter One: “Geopolitical� Borders and North America�s Hobbesian Past""; ""Chapter Two: From Zone of War to Zone of Peace""; ""Chapter Three: Diasporas and Their Impact upon Global and Regional Security""; ""Chapter Four: Big Stick, or Splintered Shillelagh?""; ""Chapter Five: “Do the German Americans Dictate Our Foreign Policy?�""; ""Chapter Six: “New Fenians� and “Homegrowns�""; ""Conclusion""; ""Index""; ""About the Author""

Sommario/riassunto

The focus is on three diasporas and their impact on North American security relations: the Irish, the Germans, and the Muslim diaspora. The book first examines the evolution of North America from a zone of war



to a zone of peace, starting with the debate over the nature and meaning of the Canada-US border. It then assesses the role of ethnic diasporas in North American security, exploring whether ethnic interest groups have been gaining influence over the shaping of U.S. foreign policy. This debate is also valid in Canada, especially given the practice of federal political parties of catering