The North Atlantic Triangle in a Changing World / / ed. by B.J.C. McKercher, Lawrence Aronsen.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999
• MitwirkendeR: Aronsen, Lawrence,; English, John Alan,; Johnson, Gregory A.,; Kennedy, Greg C.,; Kitchen, Martin,; Lenarcic, David A.,; McKercher, B.J .C.,; McKercher, B.J.C.,; Sarty, Roger,
• HerausgeberIn: Aronsen, Lawrence,; McKercher, B.J.C.,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2019]; ©1996
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Series: Heritage
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (304 p.)

The North Atlantic Powers – Britain, the United States, and Canada – constitute an important element in modern international history. They form a North Atlantic triangle which, despite an important French-speaking minority in Canada, is united by language, cultural, liberal political beliefs, and a common economic philosophy. However, there exist significant foreign-policy differences within the triangle which derive from dissimilar perceptions of threat, the influence of public opinion on government, and economic, financial, and other constraints. The course of this tripartite relationship has therefore been marked by fluidity and divergence and has changed according to the world circumstances. As the twentieth century began, Britain was the only global power; by the late 1950s the United States had emerged from isolation and, building on its leading international economic and financial position and its development of nuclear and conventional military strength, had replaced Britain as the only global power. Canada also underwent a transformation in 1903 the northern dominion remained firmly within the British Empire. Sixty years later, by a convoluted process, Canada achieved sovereignty in foreign policy, changed direction in economic orientation, and emerged as leading middle power. Ottawa had broken its colonial links with London and gravitated into the American orbit. This book, by experts in Anglo-American-Canadian relations, examines North Atlantic triangle diplomacy from the Alaska boundary dispute to the Suez Crisis of 1956, providing an up-to-date assessment of this important configuration of powers in twentieth-century international history.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- THE NORTH ATLANTIC TRIANGLE IN A CHANGING WORLD -- Introduction -- 1. Canada and the Great Rapprochement, 1902-1914 -- 2. Strategy and Supply in the North Atlantic Triangle, 1914-1918 -- 3. The Decade of Transition: The North Atlantic Triangle during the 1920s -- 4. World Power and Isolationism: The North Atlantic Triangle and the Crises of the 1930s -- 5. Not an Equilateral Triangle: Canada's Strategic Relationship with the United States and Britain, 1939-1945 -- 6. From World War to Cold War: Cooperation and Competition in the North Atlantic Triangle, 1945-1949 -- 7. From the Korean War to Suez: Anglo-American-Canadian Relations, 1950-1956 -- Afterword -- Select Bibliography -- Contributors -- Index