Mike's world : Lester B. Pearson and Canadian external affairs / edited by Asa McKercher and Galen Roger Perras.

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Book
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English
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Vancouver, BC : UBC Press, [2017]
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xvi, 364 pages ; 24 cm

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    "Although fifty years have passed since Lester Pearson stepped down as prime minister, he still influences debates about Canada's role in the world. Mike's World explores the myths surrounding Pearsonianism to explain why he remains such a touchstone for understanding Canadian foreign policy. Leading scholars dig deeply into his diplomatic and political career, especially during the 1960s and his time as prime minister. Situating Pearson within his times and using him as a lens through which to analyze Canadians' views of global affairs, this nuanced collection wrestles with the contradictions of Pearson and Pearsonianism and, ultimately, with the resulting myths surrounding Canada's role in the world."-- Provided by publisher.
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    Includes bibliographical references and index.
    Contents
    • Pearson and Pearsonianism / Robert Bothwell
    • Pragmatic peacekeeping : the Pearson years / Michael K. Carroll
    • Pearson and the United Nations : tracking the stoicism of a frustrated idealist / Adam Chapnick
    • C'est la guerre : the diplomacy of Mike Pearson and Paul Martin / Greg Donaghy
    • Lester Pearson and the substance of the sixties / Stephen Azzi
    • Lester Pearson, human rights, and the United Nations / Jennifer Tunnicliffe
    • Lester Pearson and Arctic sovereignty : a case of un-Pearsonian diplomacy / Peter Kikkert, Adam Lajeunesse, and P. Whitney Lackenbauer
    • Not so nobel : Arab perceptions of Lester Pearson and Canada / Maurice Labelle Jr.
    • Friendly noises but distant neighbours : Pearson, Latin America, and the Caribbean / John Dirks
    • A long goodbye : Pearson and Britain / Lara Silver
    • A cold warrior? Pearson and the Soviet bloc / Timothy Andrews Sayle
    • Commonwealth conundrums : Canada and South Asia during the Pearson era / Ryan Touhey
    • Pearson's promises and the NATO nuclear dilemma / Isabel Campbell
    • Pearson, France, and Quebec's international personality / Brendan Kelly
    • Pearson and environmental diplomacy / Norman Hillmer, Daniel Macfarlane, and Michael Manulak.
    ISBN
    • 9780774835282 ((hbk.))
    • 0774835281 ((hbk.))
    • 9780774835299 ((pbk.))
    • 077483529X ((pbk.))
    LCCN
    2017448120
    OCLC
    985071540
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