Tolerant Allies: Canada and the United States 1963-1968

by Donaghy, Greg

• ISBN13: 9780773524330
• ISBN10: 0773524339
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-06-01
• Publisher: McGill Queens Univ Pr

Summary

Tolerant Allies draws extensively on recently declassified Canadian and American sources to explore the most important political, economic, and military elements in the bilateral relationship during the 1960s. Greg Donaghy challenges the prevailing view that relations during this turbulent decade were primarily marked by mutual hostility, the product of growing Canadian nationalism and differences over the war in Vietnam. Instead Donaghy argues that through the Autopact and the GATT, Canada and the United States crafted a new economic partnership that tied the two countries together more tightly than ever before.Donaghy shows that economic integration was offset to some extent by diverging views on Western political and military strategy. As Pearson's government pursued distinct foreign and defence policies, American policy-makers acknowledged that Canadian objectives legitimately differed from their own and adjusted their policies accordingly. For its part, Ottawa rarely moved without weighing the impact its initiatives might have on Washington. As a result, Canada and the United States found ways to accommodate each other's interests without seriously impairing bilateral cooperation.

Author Biography

Greg Donaghy is a historian with the Historical Section, Department of Foreign Affairs & International Trade

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	ix
Introduction	3	(12)
1 An Unsteady Start	15	(22)
2 A Continental Philosophy: The Autopact and the Kennedy Round	37	(30)
3 Converging Currencies: Financial Relations	67	(25)
4 Defending the Deterrent	92	(31)
5 The Asian Conundrum	123	(25)
6 Containing the New Nationalists	148	(28)
Conclusion	176	(5)
Notes	181	(38)
Bibliography	219	(12)
Index	231