Friends and Enemies

J.L. Granatstein is the former director and CEO of the Canadian War Museum and a distinguished research professor emeritus of history. He is an award-winning author of more than sixty books on Canadian political and military history, the recipient of numerous honorary degrees, and an Officer of the Order of Canada.

• PrefacePermissionsIntroductionSection 1: Canada and the United States1. Getting on with the Americans: Changing Canadian Perceptions of the United States, 1939–19452. Canada and the Marshall Plan, June–December 19473. The Rise and Fall of Canadian–American Free Trade, 1947–19484. Too Close for Comfort: John Diefenbaker and the Political Uses of Anti-Americanism5. When Push Came to Shove: Canada and the United States6. A Friendly Agreement in Advance: Canada-US Defence Relations Past, Present, and FutureSection 2: Canada and Britain7. The Anglocentrism of Canadian Diplomacy8. Dealing with London9. How Britain's Weakness Forced Canada into the Arms of the United States10. From Mother Country to Far-Away Relative: The Canadian-British Military Relationship from 1945Section 3: Canada in the World11. Canada as an Ally: Always Difficult, Always Divided12. When the Department of External Affairs Mattered – And When It Shouldn't Have13. Peacekeeping Is Our Profession?14. Peacekeeping: Did Canada Make a Difference? And What Difference Did Peacekeeping Make to Canada?15. What's Wrong with Peacekeeping?16. War and Peacekeeping in the Canadian Psyche17. Changing Alliances: Canada and the Soviet Union, 1939–194518. From Gouzenko to Gorbachev: Canada's Cold War19. Multiculturalism and Canadian Foreign Policy20. Can Canada Have a Grand Strategy?