In Pearson and Canada's Role in Nuclear Disarmament and Arms Control Negotiations Joseph Levitt traces the history of these negotiations from the Canadian diplomatic perspective. He analyses the various proposals and documents the reactions of Pearson and his colleagues. Levitt reveals Pearson's own view of the strategic stalemate between the USSR and the United States -- Pearson did not believe that an open and liberal society such as the United States would ever launch an unprovoked offensive on the USSR; he thought instead that the danger of a major military confrontation arose only from the possibility that the Soviet Union might attack. Consequently the main thrust of Canadian diplomatic activity in these negotiations was not prevention of an American arms build-up but support of a strategy which would compel the USSR to accept an agreement that would benefit the Americans militarily or, failing that, to hold the Soviets responsible for the impasse in the talks and thus win the all-important propaganda war.
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- Bibliography, etc. Note
- Includes bibliographical references: p. [317]-325
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- CaOOCEL
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 327.1/74/0971
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 20
- General Note
- Includes index Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
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- n-cn---
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- 9780773563377 0773509054
- LCCN
- JX1974.7
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- L47 1993eb
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- CaOONL
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- 1 electronic text (333 p.)
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- Canada
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- (CaBNVSL)slc00204574 (OCoLC)244770783 (CaOOCEL)407487
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- CaOONL
Table of Contents
- Contents 6
- Acknowledgments 8
- Introduction 12
- 1 The Strategic Setting 20
- 2 Pearson on the Superpower Confrontation 52
- 3 Canada and the Baruch Plan, 1945–46 84
- 4 The Propaganda Wars: Defending the Baruch Plan, 1947–49 116
- 5 The Erosion of the Majority Plan, 1950–53 146
- 6 Narrowing the Gap between East and West, 1954–55 175
- 7 Working to Maintain Franco-American Harmony, 1955–56 201
- 8 Final Negotiations 1956–57: The Nuclear Test Ban and Aerial Inspection 234
- 9 Conclusion 273
- Appendix: Key Actors and Meetings 296
- Notes 302
- Bibliography 326
- Index 336
- A 336
- B 336
- C 337
- D 337
- E 337
- F 338
- G 338
- H 338
- I 338
- J 339
- K 339
- L 339
- M 339
- N 340
- O 340
- P 340
- R 340
- S 340
- T 341
- U 341
- V 342
- W 342
- Y 342
- Z 342
