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Franklin Roosevelt and the Origins of the Canadian-American Security Alliance, 1933-1945: Necessary, but Not Necessary Enough

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Publishing Details

Full Title:

Franklin Roosevelt and the Origins of the Canadian-American Security Alliance, 1933-1945: Necessary, but Not Necessary Enough

Contributors:

By (Author) Galen Perras

ISBN:

9780275955007

Publisher:

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Imprint:

Praeger Publishers Inc

Publication Date:

30th March 1998

Country:

United States

Classifications

Readership:

Tertiary Education

Fiction/Non-fiction:

Non Fiction

Other Subjects:

International relations
History of the Americas

Dewey:

327.11609709043

Physical Properties

Physical Format:

Hardback

Number of Pages:

176

Dimensions:

Width 156mm, Height 235mm

Weight:

454g

Description

In the turbulent years before World War II, U.S. strategic planners struggled with the question of Canadian security. Franklin Roosevelt took a unique interest in America's northern neighbor and persistently encouraged Canada to do more to ensure its own defense especially through alliance with the U.S. This aspect of foreign policy resulted in a delicate balancing act between U.S. officials who sought to downplay the strategic importance of Canada and Canadian leaders who saw American overtures as a threat to Canadian sovereignty. The first chapter discusses Roosevelt's early efforts between 1933 and 1937 to increase Canadian interest in North American defense. The second follows events up to the outbreak of war. Although Canada had been seen as part of the rival British Empire. Canada now became a natural ally in hemispheric security efforts. Roosevelt's dealings with Canadian Prime Minister W.L.M. King, who would be branded a puppet for these interactions, and the evolution of continental defense efforts are discusses in the third chapter. The final chapter chronicles the wartime struggles of two new allies, as Roosevelt became more concerned with Europe and the coming Soviet threat.

Reviews

This volume, which includes an astounding bibliography and fine index . . . is particularly appropriate for upper-level undergraduate and graduate students. A fine work. * International Relations *
This is the first book to focus on FDR and the Canada-US defence relationship. That is quite striking, for no other aspect of the history of Canada-US relations in the twentieth century may be more fascinating and at the same time seems more familiar than the tales of FDR and Mackenzie King in the few years before and during the Second World War. . . . [I]t nicely plugs a gap in the lterature of Canadian-US relations, FDR, and the Second World War. * Canadian Military History *

Author Bio

GALEN ROGER PERRAS is a Post-Doctoral Fellow in the History Department at the University of Calgary.

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