In the National Interest

Canadian Foreign Policy and the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, 1909-2009

Greg Donaghy, Michael K. Carroll

• Publisher: University of Calgary Press
• Year: 2011
• Print ISBN:
  9781552385388
• Edition: 1
• eBook ISBN:
  9781552385395
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: Military & Maritime History
• Index: History

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.With Contributions By: Michael K. CarrollAdam ChapnickGreg DonaghyRobin S. GendronJ.L. GranatsteinMichael HartNorman HillmerPeter KikkertP. Whitney LackenbauerHeather MetcalfeNelson MichaudTammy NemethGalen Roger PerrasStephen J. RandallElizabeth Riddell-Dixon

Table of contents

• Creative Commons Page
• Cover
• Series Information
• Title Page
• Bibliographic Information
• Table of Contents
• Acknowledgements
• Introduction
• National Independence and the National Interest: O.D. Skelton’s Department of External Affairs in the 1920's
• “Behaving as Adults”: External Affairs and Notrh American Security in the 1930's
• National Identity, Public Opinion, and the Department of External Affairs , 1935-1939
• When the Department of External Affairs Mattered- And When it Shouldn't Have
• The Department of External Affairs and the United Nations Idea, 1943-1965
• Soverienty and Security: Can adian Diplomacy, the United States, and the Arctic, 1943-1968
• Advancing the National Interest: Marcel Cadieux, Jules Leger , and Canadian Participation in the Francophone Community, 1964-1972
• External Affairs and Canadian External Trade Policy, 1945-1982
• Conflicting Visions: Pierre Trudeau, External Affairs, and Energy Policy
• Setting the Canadian Foreign Polity Agenda, 1984-2009: Prime Ministers as Prime Actors?
• Engaging the United States: The Department of Foreign Affairs and U.S. Policy, 1982-2005
• The Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade: Interdepartmental Leadership and the Beijing Conference on Women
• Bibliography
• Contributors
• Index
• Back Cover