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Political Science General

At Home and Abroad

The Canada-US Relationship and Canada’s Place in the World

by (author) Patrick Lennox

Publisher
UBC Press
Initial publish date
Jul 2010
Category
General
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9780774859073
    Publish Date
    Jul 2010
    List Price
    $99.00
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780774817066
    Publish Date
    Jul 2010
    List Price
    $34.95
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780774817059
    Publish Date
    Nov 2009
    List Price
    $95.00

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Description

Canada’s relationship with the United States and its place in the world currently occupy distinct spheres in the minds of policymakers, intellectuals, and citizens. At home, Canada is thought to enjoy a “special” relationship with the United States; abroad, it occupies a place as the world’s problem-solver and peacekeeper. Patrick Lennox analyzes six key events in the history of relations between the two countries to reveal the underlying connection between the Canada-US relationship and Canada's place in the world. The war in Afghanistan is but the latest in a series of paradoxical interactions between the two states abroad that has resulted from the hierarchy in Canada-US relations at home.

About the author

Dr. Patrick Lennox recently held the J.L. Granatstein Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Centre for Military and Strategic Studies, University of Calgary. He writes on a range of issues related to Canadian and American defence and foreign policy, as well as maritime security and strategy. He is co-editor of An Independent Foreign Policy for Canada? Challenges and Choices for the Future (2008), and author of At Home and Abroad: the Canada-U.S. Relationship and Canada’s Place in the World (2009).

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