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Autore: | Haglund David G. |
Titolo: | Ethnic diasporas and the Canada-United States security community : from the Civil War to today / / David G. Haglund |
Pubblicazione: | Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2015 |
©2015 | |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (273 p.) |
Disciplina: | 327.73071 |
Soggetto topico: | 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 | |
Soggetto geografico: | United States Foreign relations Canada |
Canada Foreign relations United States | |
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 |
Titolo autorizzato: | Ethnic diasporas and the Canada-United States security community |
ISBN: | 9781442242708 |
1442242701 | |
9781442242692 | |
1442242698 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910797186403321 |
Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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