Canada’s foreign policy has always been focused primarily around peacekeeping and anti-authoritarianism. “The idea that Canada always fights on the side of democracy and freedom remains a source of great patriotic pride.” Our firm beliefs on standing up against dictatorship is what lead Canada into the Korean War in 1950, leading to our greater involvement in the tension of the Cold War as well as Canada’s leadership in the creation of NATO. “Many Canadians believe non-militaristic techniques like peacekeeping and multilateralism form the proper Canadian style of foreign policy.” Another theme within that foreign policy is in promoting Canadian independence, and Canada has implemented high profile shows of independence when dealing with foreign affairs, refusing to be seen as anyone’s automatic ally.…
In the Cold War Canada played a important role as a middle power. Canada also played a big role in peacekeeping with the United Nations during the time of the Cold War. Canada also brought new technologies to the Untied States at the time of the Cold War. These are the roles Canada played in the Cold War.…
Assignment #13 - What Did We Actually Win To begin, while it is clear that the US in particular won in the Cold War, it is very unclear what we actually won other than the collapse of the Soviet Union. As we have demonstrated in past weeks, the outcome of the war boiled down to a matter of economic might vs military might. The Soviet Union, while militarily sound, was unable to compete with the cost of war and inevitably collapsed. However, following the war, it is apparent that we have suffered substantial losses as well.…
Pearson, Pierre Trudeau’s final years as Prime Minister in 1983 proved to prevail where true loyalties lied in terms of Canadian foreign policy. Trudeau’s peace mission in whom he took to the international stage in attempting to mobilize world opinion in the reduction of nuclear weapons in what he believed would relieve international tensions (Donaghy, 2007). Although not considered successfully initially after the mission, Trudeau mentions in his speech, “and let it be said of Canada, and Canadians: that we saw the crisis; that we did act; that we took risks; that we were loyal to our friends and open with our adversaries; that we lived up to our ideals; and that we have done what we could to lift the shadow out of war” (Donaghy, 2007, pg. 52). Pierre Trudeau engaged Canadian foreign policy and allowed Canada to be viewed as an international peacekeeper on the global…
During the years 1948-1960 there was a lot of hysteria considering the cold war. Many people were confused and scared because of all the animosity going on. Both Truman and Eisenhower employed the foreign policy strategy known as "Containment". This meant that the U.S. would try to prevent Communism from spreading through out Western Europe. The Cold War fear of the American people in the after math of WWII was the idea of communism spreading through out the country.…
When one looks back on the History of Canada, one begins to see that even though Canada is a small country that has not been around for many years, it has done many things and has faced many challenges head on. Challenges from, confederation, developing a constitution, becoming its own nation state from Britain, and many more. However, throughout all these challenges Canada, has developed into a powerful and respected nation around the world. When Pierre Elliott Trudeau took office in 1968 he came into office in the middle of a post second World War time known as the Cold War, between the Russians, using Cuba as a base of operations, and the United States. In 1976 Pierre Elliott Trudeau travelled to Cuba on a diplomatic visit to see Dictator…
Canada defended its nation brilliantly during the cold war by setting up permanent…
“As the Dust Settles” The Cold War (1945-1963) was fought heavily through propaganda, espionage (spying) and politics, and was the closest history has ever been to a nuclear war. Both, the United States and the Soviet Union possessed roughly equal amounts of nuclear weapons, which were not discharged out of fear of a returned attack at equal or greater intensity. Canada played a moderate role in the Cold War in the sense that, Canada was not considered a superpower, but as a middle power. The importance of Canada’s role in the Cold War was to a somewhat large extent, and was displayed through means of defense (North Atlantic Treaty Organization, North American Defense System), warfare (Korean War, Vietnam War), but most significantly through…
The conflict between the Allies and the Central powers was a bloody battle. The War in Korea was Canada’s first time initiating a new strategy which was peacekeeping. Unlike previous battles,…
The last thing they needed was an invasion of Canada. The Justification of War states that a war is said to be just if it is a last resort, redressing a wrong, has a reasonable chance of success, possessing right intention, begun with legitimate authority and re-establishing peace at the end of the war. It is important that a government consults the Just War Theory before deciding to wage war on anyone as it is important to make sure there is no personal agenda, there is a reasonable chance of winning and to question themselves about the point of this war and is it going to do them any good or will it just bring ruin to the country. If they don’t, they are placing the lives of their people, their country and their soldiers at stake.…
Was the United States justified in its policy of keeping Japanese Americans in internment camps during World War II ? The United States main reason for moving Japanese Americans into camps was out of fear. When the Japanese bombed the Pearl Harbor it caught the United States off guard. After their attack, the United was thrown into the war in full effect. During this time it was a great fear of another American soil attack, but this time they believed it would be within the United States.…
Prime Minister Pierre Elliot Trudeau requested more assistance for all the poor countries in the world. He also tried to inaugurate trade and sporting links with communist states. Canada is known as the nation of Peacekeeping, peacemaking and a mediator. The end of communism and the new world order has had an impact on the Canadian foreign policy in many ways. Once communism ended, Canada was no longer occupied with a society frightened of the Red Scare.…
Soviet occupation in Poland), and bolstered attacks, asserting on the USSR's behalf, their bent on world domination. The United States misconstrued Soviet intentions and assigned world domination' as Stalin's main goal. With such a seemingly aggressive Soviet threat at hand, the U.S. utilized documents and speeches like Kennan's Long Telegram, Churchill's Iron Curtain Speech and the Truman doctrine to acknowledge the maturing Soviet menace. These three documents and declarations deepened the stratification of the already tenuous Soviet and U.S relationship and unwittingly expedited and worsened Cold War tensions. The Soviets would then respond to the United States via pronouncements and reactions (i.e. the Cominform as a rebuttal to the Marshall Plan) as an escalating tit-for-tat would lead the U.S. and the USSR towards more enmity.…
The Cold War was simply an opportunity for each country to try and prove its superiority and served no true purpose except as an outlet for each country to express its superiority. The Cold War the sole fault of Soviet and American policy, which lead to the arms race, the lack of solving territorial disputes, and the fear of loosing…
Book Review Author: Robert J. McMahon Title: The Cold War: A Very Short Introduction Publisher: Oxford University Press Place and Date of Publication: New York, 2003 Topic and Scope: In The Cold War: A Very Short Introduction, Robert J. McMahon discusses a general account of the Cold War, spanning the period from 1945 to the finale of the Soviet-American confrontation in 1990. McMahon discusses key events, trends, and themes that that highlighted key players, such as Stalin, de Gaulle, and Reagan. He also devotes much attention to the Cold War 's domestic as well as international effects.…