Asa McKercher is an assistant professor of history at the Royal Military College of Canada. His writing has appeared in a variety of journals including Diplomatic History, International History Review, and Canadian Historical Review. He is also the author of Camelot and Canada: Canadian-American Relations in the Kennedy Era.Galen Roger Perras is an associate professor of history at the University of Ottawa. His books include Stepping Stones to Nowhere: The Aleutian Islands, Alaska, and American Military Strategy, 1867-1945 and Franklin Roosevelt and the Origins of the Canadian-American Security Alliance, 1933-1945: Necessary but Not Necessary Enough.

The essay format, where the authors are able to drill down deeply into many specific areas, helps illustrate many elements of Mr Pearson's career which are likely unknown to even the most expert reader.- Thomas S. Axworthy, Public Policy, Massey College, University of Toronto (International Journal)

• Foreword / John EnglishIntroduction: Lester Pearson and Canadian External Affairs / Asa McKercher and Galen Roger PerrasPart 1: The Pearsonian World1 Pearson and Pearsonianism / Robert Bothwell2 Pragmatic Peacekeeping: The Pearson Years / Michael K. Carroll3 Pearson and the United Nations: Tracking the Stoicism of a Frustrated Idealist / Adam Chapnick4 C'est la Guerre: The Diplomacy of Mike Pearson and Paul Martin / Greg Donaghy5 Lester Pearson and the Substance of the Sixties / Stephen AzziPart 2: Pearson the Pragmatist6 Lester Pearson, Human Rights, and the United Nations / Jennifer Tunnicliffe7 Lester Pearson and Arctic Sovereignty: A Case of Un-Pearsonian Diplomacy / Peter Kikkert, Adam Lajeunesse, and P. Whitney Lackenbauer8 Not So Nobel: Arab Perceptions of Lester Pearson and Canada / Maurice Jr. M. Labelle9 Friendly Noises but Distant Neighbours: Pearson, Latin America, and the Caribbean / John Dirks10 A Long Goodbye: Pearson and Britain / Lara SilverPart 3: Pearson the Idealist11 A Cold Warrior? Pearson and the Soviet Bloc / Timothy Andrews Sayle12 Commonwealth Conundrums: Canada and South Asia during the Pearson Era / Ryan Touhey13 Pearson's Promises and the NATO Nuclear Dilemma / Isabel Campbell14 Pearson, France, and Quebec's International Personality / Brendan Kelly15 Pearson and Environmental Diplomacy / Norman Hillmer, Daniel Macfarlane, and Michael W. ManulakPublications by Lester B. Pearson; Index

Asa McKercher is an assistant professor of history at the Royal Military College of Canada. His writing has appeared in a variety of journals including Diplomatic History, International History Review, and Canadian Historical Review. He is also the author of Camelot and Canada: Canadian-American Relations in the Kennedy Era.Galen Roger Perras is an associate professor of history at the University of Ottawa. His books include Stepping Stones to Nowhere: The Aleutian Islands, Alaska, and American Military Strategy, 1867-1945 and Franklin Roosevelt and the Origins of the Canadian-American Security Alliance, 1933-1945: Necessary but Not Necessary Enough.

The essay format, where the authors are able to drill down deeply into many specific areas, helps illustrate many elements of Mr Pearson's career which are likely unknown to even the most expert reader.- Thomas S. Axworthy, Public Policy, Massey College, University of Toronto (International Journal)

• Foreword / John EnglishIntroduction: Lester Pearson and Canadian External Affairs / Asa McKercher and Galen Roger PerrasPart 1: The Pearsonian World1 Pearson and Pearsonianism / Robert Bothwell2 Pragmatic Peacekeeping: The Pearson Years / Michael K. Carroll3 Pearson and the United Nations: Tracking the Stoicism of a Frustrated Idealist / Adam Chapnick4 C'est la Guerre: The Diplomacy of Mike Pearson and Paul Martin / Greg Donaghy5 Lester Pearson and the Substance of the Sixties / Stephen AzziPart 2: Pearson the Pragmatist6 Lester Pearson, Human Rights, and the United Nations / Jennifer Tunnicliffe7 Lester Pearson and Arctic Sovereignty: A Case of Un-Pearsonian Diplomacy / Peter Kikkert, Adam Lajeunesse, and P. Whitney Lackenbauer8 Not So Nobel: Arab Perceptions of Lester Pearson and Canada / Maurice Jr. M. Labelle9 Friendly Noises but Distant Neighbours: Pearson, Latin America, and the Caribbean / John Dirks10 A Long Goodbye: Pearson and Britain / Lara SilverPart 3: Pearson the Idealist11 A Cold Warrior? Pearson and the Soviet Bloc / Timothy Andrews Sayle12 Commonwealth Conundrums: Canada and South Asia during the Pearson Era / Ryan Touhey13 Pearson's Promises and the NATO Nuclear Dilemma / Isabel Campbell14 Pearson, France, and Quebec's International Personality / Brendan Kelly15 Pearson and Environmental Diplomacy / Norman Hillmer, Daniel Macfarlane, and Michael W. ManulakPublications by Lester B. Pearson; Index

Asa McKercher is an assistant professor of history at the Royal Military College of Canada. His writing has appeared in a variety of journals including Diplomatic History, International History Review, and Canadian Historical Review. He is also the author of Camelot and Canada: Canadian-American Relations in the Kennedy Era.Galen Roger Perras is an associate professor of history at the University of Ottawa. His books include Stepping Stones to Nowhere: The Aleutian Islands, Alaska, and American Military Strategy, 1867-1945 and Franklin Roosevelt and the Origins of the Canadian-American Security Alliance, 1933-1945: Necessary but Not Necessary Enough.

The essay format, where the authors are able to drill down deeply into many specific areas, helps illustrate many elements of Mr Pearson's career which are likely unknown to even the most expert reader.- Thomas S. Axworthy, Public Policy, Massey College, University of Toronto (International Journal)

• Foreword / John EnglishIntroduction: Lester Pearson and Canadian External Affairs / Asa McKercher and Galen Roger PerrasPart 1: The Pearsonian World1 Pearson and Pearsonianism / Robert Bothwell2 Pragmatic Peacekeeping: The Pearson Years / Michael K. Carroll3 Pearson and the United Nations: Tracking the Stoicism of a Frustrated Idealist / Adam Chapnick4 C'est la Guerre: The Diplomacy of Mike Pearson and Paul Martin / Greg Donaghy5 Lester Pearson and the Substance of the Sixties / Stephen AzziPart 2: Pearson the Pragmatist6 Lester Pearson, Human Rights, and the United Nations / Jennifer Tunnicliffe7 Lester Pearson and Arctic Sovereignty: A Case of Un-Pearsonian Diplomacy / Peter Kikkert, Adam Lajeunesse, and P. Whitney Lackenbauer8 Not So Nobel: Arab Perceptions of Lester Pearson and Canada / Maurice Jr. M. Labelle9 Friendly Noises but Distant Neighbours: Pearson, Latin America, and the Caribbean / John Dirks10 A Long Goodbye: Pearson and Britain / Lara SilverPart 3: Pearson the Idealist11 A Cold Warrior? Pearson and the Soviet Bloc / Timothy Andrews Sayle12 Commonwealth Conundrums: Canada and South Asia during the Pearson Era / Ryan Touhey13 Pearson's Promises and the NATO Nuclear Dilemma / Isabel Campbell14 Pearson, France, and Quebec's International Personality / Brendan Kelly15 Pearson and Environmental Diplomacy / Norman Hillmer, Daniel Macfarlane, and Michael W. ManulakPublications by Lester B. Pearson; Index