43. Anti-Americanism at its Peak
By J.L. Granatstein Frank Underhill was a noted Canadian historian a half century ago, even if he is now almost forgotten. But he wrote one sentence that still rings true: Canadians, he said, were the...
View Article44. Canada’s World, Pearson’s World
By Norman Hillmer As Canada emerged from the shelter of the British Empire after the Second World War, its foreign policy wore the sunny smile of Lester B. Pearson. Pearson’s amiable nickname was Mike,...
View Article45. Canada’s Pragmatic World View
By Norman Hillmer Canadian governments have been unsuccessful in describing their foreign policy. Prime ministers Pierre Trudeau, Jean Chrétien and Paul Martin each published glossy booklets outlining...
View Article46. Canada’s Great War
By David J. Bercuson Canada was not even an independent nation when it fought its costliest war ever, the First World War, which for Canada began on August 4, 1914. When the war ended on November 11,...
View Article47. Canada’s Second World War
By David J. Bercuson Canada declared war on Germany on September 10, 1939 largely to support Britain and France which had declared war on September 3. At that time, Canada was a nation of just under...
View Article48. Canada Fights in Korea
By David J. Bercuson Most Canadians probably knew nothing of Korea in the late spring of 1950. The Second World War was five years in the past and the more than a million Canadians who had fought the...
View Article49. Canada: The Peacekeeping Nation?
By David J. Bercuson Canada was once one of the world’s most active countries in United Nations peacekeeping operations. In fact, Canadians took pride that their soldiers did not really fight wars from...
View Article50. Canada’s Unique Unified Military
By David J. Bercuson Canada is the only country in the western world that has a single unified military instead of an army, navy and air force. This unified military, named the Canadian Armed Forces,...
View Article51. Peacekeeping Turns into War: the Balkans
By David J. Bercuson On September 15 and 16, 1993 a battalion of the Canadian Army engaged in battle for the first time since the end of the Korean War 40 years before. The Canadian battalion — 2nd...
View Article52. Canada in Afghanistan
By David J. Bercuson The struggle to unseat the Taliban from power in Afghanistan, and keep it from returning to power, is Canada’s longest war by far. On September 11, 2001 terrorists hijacked four US...
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