Author : Jamie Glazov
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN 13 : 0773569723
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (735 download)
Book Synopsis Canadian Policy toward Khrushchev's Soviet Union by : Jamie Glazov
Download or read book Canadian Policy toward Khrushchev's Soviet Union written by Jamie Glazov and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2002-03-15 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He details how the St Laurent government backed the shrewd calculations of the Department of External Affairs and emphasized the wisdom of the containment-accommodation approach, an approach that, Glazov claims, would help win the Cold War thirty-five years later. Glazov shows that the strategy of accommodation, the main difference between Canadian and American Soviet policy, was ultimately vindicated by the eventual ascendancy of a liberal Soviet leader (Gorbachev), which led to increased East-West contact and Soviet liberalization, phenomena that led directly to the West's victory in the Cold War. Glazov's new assessment of Western policies toward Khrushchev's Russia is critical to our understanding of present-day Russia, since Gorbachev's democratization, which led to the disintegration of the Soviet Union in 1991, had its origins in the Khrushchev thaw. Canadian Policy toward Khrushchev's Soviet Union provides vital information to help answer the question of how the West should deal with Russia, especially in the context of globalization - one of the most urgent issues facing Canada and the Western world.