Warming Up to the Cold War: Canada and the United States' Coalition of the Willing, from Hiroshima to Korea - Couverture souple

Teigrob, Robert

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0802096158 ISBN 13 : 9780802096159

Editeur : University of Toronto Press, 2009

Synopsis

When U.S. President Harry Truman asked his allies for military support in the Korean War, Canada's government, led by Prime Minister Louis St-Laurent, was reluctant. St-Laurent's government was forced to change its position however, when the Canadian populace, conditioned to significant degrees by the powerful influence of American media and culture, demanded a more vigorous response. Warming up to the Cold War shows how American cultural influence helped to undermine waning Canadian nationalism.

Comparing Canadian and American responses to events such as the atomic bomb, the Gouzenko Affair, the creation of NATO, and the Korean War, Robert Teigrob traces the role that culture and public opinion played in shaping responses to international affairs. With penetrating political and cultural insight, he examines the Cold War consensus between the two countries to reveal the ways that Canada cited "home-grown" rationales to justify its increasing subservience to American strategy and posturing.

Full of fascinating insights, Warming up the Cold War is essential reading for anyone interested in the Cold War, the role of culture in politics, and the history of U.S.-Canada relations.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Robert Teigrob is a professor in the Department of History at Ryerson University.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Toronto Press
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0802096158
• ISBN 13: 9780802096159
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 312
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• Personne responsable: non disponible