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Political Science Arms Control

Canada and the New American Empire

War and Anti-War

contributions by George Melnyk, Douglas Roche, Tareq Y. Ismael, Jacqueline S. Ismael, Trudy Govier, Colleen Beaumier, Joyce Patel, Jim Harding, David Swann, Bill Phipps, Donn Lovett, Arthur Clark, Robert Hackett, Scott Ritter, Imtiaz Hussain, Satya R. Pattnayak & Mel Hurtg

Publisher
University of Calgary Press
Initial publish date
Apr 2004
Category
Arms Control
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781552381304
    Publish Date
    Apr 2004
    List Price
    $19.95
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    ISBN
    9781552383025
    Publish Date
    Apr 2004
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The US invasion of Iraq in 2003 send shock waves around the world. The unilateral decision to invade Iraq an overthrow its government was opposed by many nations and citizens. Prior to the invasion, tens of millions of people around the glob marched with one voice demanding peace and calling for restraint in the face of the looming threats of war. This outpouring of global protest was an unprecedented expression of popular sentiment that challenged self–serving political and corporate interests.

Recognising this open opposition from governments and the public, Canada refused to join the invasion even though it was a long-time ally of the United States and enjoyed a beneficial relationship with the superpower. The influential contributors to Canada and the New American Empire discuss the ramifications of this decision to Canada-US Relations form the standpoint of multilateralism and national sovereignty.

This is the first major collection of essays on Canada’s role in opposing the war. It documents and analyses how Canada and Canadians furthered peace and democracy at a crucial time in the nation’s history.

 

About the authors

George Melnyk is an associate professor of Canadian studies and film studies in the Faculty of Communication and Culture, University of Calgary. He is a cultural historian who specializes in Canadian cinema. Among his film publications are One Hundred Years of Canadian Cinema (2004) and Great Canadian Film Directors (2007). Most recently he has published The Young, the Restless, and the Dead: Interviews with Canadian Filmmakers (2008) in the Film and Media Studies series at WLU Press.

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DOUGLAS ROCHE was Canada's Ambassador for Disarmament to the UN from 1984 to 1989, serving as Chairman of the UN Disarmament Committee in 1988. He is an author, parliamentarian, and diplomat, who has specialized throughout his forty-year public career in peace and human security issues. He lectures widely on peace and nuclear disarmament themes. Roche is the author of twenty-one books, including How We Stopped Loving The Bomb and The Human Right to Peace. He is an Officer of the Order of Canada. He lives in Edmonton.

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Trudy Govier is a Canadian philosopher with an enduring interest in the ethics and politics of peace. She is the author of the widely used text A Practical Study of Argument and several other books.

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Jim Harding is Professor and Director of the School of Human Justice at the University of Regina in Saskatchewan, Canada. He is past Director of Research for the Saskatchewan Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commission and Prairie Justice Research at the University of Regina.

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Dr. Arthur Clark is a Professor of Neuropathology and Clinical Neurosciences at the University of Calgary, and an active staff neuropathologist at the Foothills Hospital in Calgary. He carries lifelong experience with militant nationalist culture, having come of age during the Vietnam War and serving two years as Captain in the United States Army Medical Corps. In 1995, in honour of his late wife, he established the Dr. Irma M. Parhad Programmes at the University of Calgary, which focus on ways to improve worldwide health and well-being within the framework of international law. He is also currently involved in a project to establish a Calgary Centre for Global Community, to be based on the values and vision that informed The ABCs of Human Survival.

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