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Author : Canada. Department of External Affairs
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1488 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)
Download or read book Documents on Canadian External Relations: 1936-1939 written by Canada. Department of External Affairs and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 1488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : H. Blair Neatby
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
ISBN 13 : 1487591152
Total Pages : 592 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (875 download)
Download or read book William Lyon Mackenzie King, Volume III, 1932-1939 written by H. Blair Neatby and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 1976-12-15 with total page 592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aided by meticulous knowledge of the former Prime Minister's diary, and with characteristic conciseness and clarity, H. Blair Neatby has written the impressive and long-awaited third volume of the official biography of Mackenzie King. He carefully and judiciously untangles a complexity of issues in Canadian political history to produce definitive accounts of controversies that have engaged the attention of Canadian historians for years. Beginning the story in 1932, this volume treats the depression years when King was first in Opposition and then the years after 1935 when he was once again Prime Minister; it is a masterly analysis of how one of the most enigmatic figures in Canadian history made shrewd and critical political decisions. Attention is paid in turn to his clearly successful tactics as Leader of the Opposition; the election campaign of 1935; a wide range of his domestic policies, including those on unemployment, inflation, relief, and trade; and to a series of international crises – the Ethiopian crisis, the Spanish Civil War, Anschluss, and Munich – that culminated in the Second World War. At all times, King's overriding concern was to preserve national unity at home and to avoid commitments abroad, either through the British Commonwealth or the League of Nations. We see King in his relations with other Canadian leaders – Aberhart, Pattullo, Hepburn, Duplessis, and Bennett – and with world leaders – Roosevelt, Baldwin, Chamberlain, and Hitler. We also see the personal side of the man, and the link between the private and the public figure. William Lyon Mackenzie King, Volume III is an accomplished piece of historical writing; progressing in a controlled way through a profusion of incident and accident, it brings to completion the outstanding biography of a consummate politician.
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 812 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Canadiana written by and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 812 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Adam Chapnick
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0197653715
Total Pages : 355 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (976 download)
Download or read book Canada First, Not Canada Alone written by Adam Chapnick and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2024 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The definitive history of Canadian foreign policy since the 1930s, Canada First, Not Canada Alone examines how successive prime ministers have promoted Canada's national interests in a world that has grown increasingly complex and interconnected. Case studies focused on environmental reform, Indigenous peoples, trade, hostage diplomacy, and wartime strategy illustrate the breadth of issues that shape Canada's global realm. Drawing from extensive primary and secondary research, Adam Chapnick and Asa McKercher offer a fresh take on how Canada positions itself in the world.
Author : Robin Winks
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191647691
Total Pages : 756 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (916 download)
Download or read book The Oxford History of the British Empire: Volume V: Historiography written by Robin Winks and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2001-07-26 with total page 756 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Oxford History of the British Empire is a major new assessment of the Empire in the light of recent scholarship and the progressive opening of historical records. From the founding of colonies in North America and the West Indies in the seventeenth century to the reversion of Hong Kong to China at the end of the twentieth, British imperialism was a catalyst for far-reaching change. The Oxford History of the British Empire as a comprehensive study helps us to understand the end of Empire in relation to its beginning, the meaning of British imperialism for the ruled as well as for the rulers, and the significance of the British Empire as a theme in world history. This fifth and final volume shows how opinions have changed dramatically over the generations about the nature, role, and value of imperialism generally, and the British Empire more specifically. The distinguished team of contributors discuss the many and diverse elements which have influenced writings on the Empire: the pressure of current events, access to primary sources, the creation of relevant university chairs, the rise of nationalism in former colonies, decolonization, and the Cold War. They demonstrate how the study of empire has evolved from a narrow focus on constitutional issues to a wide-ranging enquiry about international relations, the uses of power, and impacts and counterimpacts between settler groups and native peoples. The result is a thought-provoking cultural and intellectual inquiry into how we understand the past, and whether this understanding might affect the way we behave in the future.
Author : Norman Hillmer
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN 13 : 0773590021
Total Pages : 441 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (735 download)
Download or read book O.D. Skelton written by Norman Hillmer and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2013-11-01 with total page 441 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: O.D. Skelton: The Work of the World, 1923-1941 is a lively and compelling trip through the letters, diary entries, and official memoranda of O.D. Skelton, one of the most important and influential civil servants in twentieth-century Canada. Skelton was a towering foreign policy advisor to Canada's prime ministers and a lonely advocate for the country's independence from Great Britain. His accounts detail his work as he co-operated and clashed with William Lyon Mackenzie King and R.B. Bennett over Canada's participation in the international arena. Norman Hillmer's selection and assessment of Skelton's writings offer a behind-the-scenes look at the inner workings of the federal government as Skelton systematically built up the Department of External Affairs and the Canadian diplomatic service as instruments of the national interest, confronted the Manchurian, Ethiopian, and Czech crises of the 1930s, aligned himself with senior francophone politicians such as Ernest Lapointe and Raoul Dandurand, and watched in despair as Europe and Asia descended into war. Providing avenues into a time when Canada was struggling to define itself, this collection shows the ways in which O.D. Skelton pushed the country onto the global stage.
Author : Gordon Martel
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134714173
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (347 download)
Download or read book Origins of the Second World War Reconsidered written by Gordon Martel and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-02-07 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When A.J.P. Taylor's The Origins of the Second World War appeared in 1961 it made a profound impact. The book became a classic and a central point of reference in all discussion on the Second World War. The second edition of this distinguished collection, written by leading experts in the field, is designed to bring the state of the argument up to date. The issues discussed include: * the legacy of the Treaty of Versailles * Hitlers foreign policy * Appeasement * AJP Taylor and the Russians * the treatment of the crises leading up to war including the Anschluss, Danzig, Abysinnian crises and the Spanish Civil War. This second edition will ensure that The Origins of the Second World War will remain a high priority student and scholarly reading lists.
Author : G. Bruce Strang
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317164172
Total Pages : 398 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (171 download)
Download or read book Collision of Empires written by G. Bruce Strang and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-05-23 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Italy's invasion of Ethiopia in 1935 marked a turning point in interwar Europe. The last great European colonial conquest in Africa, the conflict represented an enormous gamble for the Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini. He faced a challenge not only from a stout Ethiopian defence, but also from difficult logistics made worse by the League of Nations' half-hearted sanctions. Mussolini faced down this opposition, and Italian troops, aided by air superiority and liberal use of yprite gas, conquered Addis Ababa within eight months, a victory that shocked many military observers of the time with its speed and suddenness. The invasion had enormous repercussions on European international relations. In the midst of a national election campaign, the British National Government had felt constrained to support the League, despite fears that sanctions through the League could lead to war with Italy. The concentration of the Royal Navy in the Mediterranean Sea alienated Mussolini and placed the French government on the horns of dilemma; should France support its military partner, Italy, or its more important potential ally, Great Britain? French attempts to mark out a middle ground did little to placate the Duce, and the crisis seemed to develop a deep rift between Fascist Italy and the Anglo-French democracies, while at the same time creating a crisis in Anglo-French relations. Mussolini turned towards Nazi Germany in an attempt to end his diplomatic isolation during the sanctions episode, although Hitler considered the Duce's friendship a mixed blessing. The question of American adherence to sanctions increased ill will between British politicians and the Roosevelt administration in Washington, as each tended to blame the other for the failure of oil sanctions and the collapse of collective security. The international crisis posed similarly thorny problems for the smaller powers of Europe, and for Japan and the Soviet Union. The crisis impeded common defence against Fascist expansionism while giving impetus to claims of the revisionist powers. Despite the tremendous importance of the international crisis, however, little new work on the subject has appeared in recent decades. In this volume, an international cast of contributors take a fresh look at the crisis through the lens of new evidence and new approaches to international relations history to provide the most comprehensive coverage of the crisis currently possible, and their work provides new frames of reference for exploring imperialism, collective security and genocide.
Author : Galen Perras
Publisher : Praeger
ISBN 13 : 9780275955007
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (55 download)
Download or read book Franklin Roosevelt and the Origins of the Canadian-American Security Alliance, 1933-1945 written by Galen Perras and published by Praeger. This book was released on 1998-03-30 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 discussed in the third chapter. The fourth chapter chronicles the wartime struggles of two new allies, as Roosevelt became more concerned with Europe and the coming Soviet threat. The final chapter further explains the declining interest in Canada as World War II becomes the focus of American interests.
Author : Galen Roger Perras
Publisher : UBC Press
ISBN 13 : 9780774809900
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (99 download)
Download or read book Stepping Stones to Nowhere written by Galen Roger Perras and published by UBC Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Aleutian Islands, a mostly forgotten portion of the United States on the southwest coast of Alaska, have often assumed a key role in American military strategy. This work examines the Japanese occupation of the western Aleutians, which climaxed in the horrendous battle for Attu.
Author : Solomon Gabriel
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Foreign Policy of Canada written by Solomon Gabriel and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Study covers the period of John G. Diefenbaker's term as prime minister of Canada, 1957-1963.
Author : John Hilliker
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN 13 : 9780773507517
Total Pages : 444 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (75 download)
Download or read book Canada's Department of External Affairs: The early years, 1909-1946 written by John Hilliker and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 1990 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This first volume of the official history of the Department of External Affairs covers the department's administrative growth from its formation in 1909 through the major changes brought about by World War II.
Author : John Hilliker
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN 13 : 0773562338
Total Pages : 439 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (735 download)
Download or read book Canada's Department of External Affairs, Volume 1 written by John Hilliker and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 1990-01-01 with total page 439 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After an introductory chapter dealing with the conduct of external relations before 1909, the book examines three distinct phases of the department's development. Although the department had modest beginnings under the first under-secretary, Sir Joseph Pope (1909-1925), it was seen by his successor, O.D. Skelton, as an important instrument for the assertion of Canadian autonomy. Skelton presided over the establishment of the first Canadian diplomatic missions abroad, and was responsible for the creation of a foreign service to staff them. With the outbreak of the war in 1939, both the responsibilities and the size of the department underwent substantial organizational change under Norman Robertson, who became under-secretary after Skelton's death in 1941. Taken together, the criteria for recruitment introduced by Skelton and the reorganization which took place under Robertson gave the department many of the features which have characterized it as a branch of the Canadian government. The further development of the institution will be examined in a second volume covering the years 1946-1968. Since the prime minister was secretary of state for External Affairs during much of the period covered by volume I, the book contributes to an understanding of the operation of the Canadian government as a whole as well as of a single department. It also examines the policy making process and therefore will be of interest to students of international relations as well as of public administration.
Author : J. Haslam
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1349171549
Total Pages : 183 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (491 download)
Download or read book Soviet Foreign Policy, 1930-33 written by J. Haslam and published by Springer. This book was released on 1983-09-01 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Robin W. Winks
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 019820566X
Total Pages : 756 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (982 download)
Download or read book The Oxford History of the British Empire: Historiography written by Robin W. Winks and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 756 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume investigates the shape and the development of scholarly and popular opinion about the British Empire over the centuries.
Author : Robert B. Bryce
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN 13 : 0773561102
Total Pages : 291 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (735 download)
Download or read book Maturing in Hard Times written by Robert B. Bryce and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 1986-06-01 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focusing on the causes and extent of the Depression of the 1930s and its impact on a wide range of governmental policies, Bryce describes the department's increasing involvement in the formation and conduct of economic policies. The department was involved in events ranging from the collapse of the gold standard in 1931, to the possible default of the governments of the western provinces, to the introduction of federal unemployment and housing policies, to the founding of the Bank of Canada. Bryce presents a fascinating portrait of the early Department of Finance and the informality of the policy process in what was obviously a smaller, simpler Ottawa. From the vantage point of his years of experience within the department, he offers insightful analyses of the central economic issues of this century.
Author : Robert MacGregor Dawson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 460 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book William Lyon Mackenzie King written by Robert MacGregor Dawson and published by . This book was released on 1958 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
