To be prudent is to act in accordance with the particular situation and the concrete data, and not in accordance with some system or out 01 passive obedi ence to a norm or pseudo-norm; it is to prefer the limitation of lNTRODUCTION - ix violence to the pUllishmem 0/ the presumably guilty party or to a so-called absolute justice; it is to establish concrete accessible objectives cOllforming to the [...] In the case of Canada and Australia, this was a continuation of the frustrated struggle to acquire some influence on the direction of the a llied war effort. [...] This was not necessarily a rejection of nuclear diplomacy for the great powers but rather a pushing to extremes of the theory of a functional distinction between the roles in the world of great and middle powers. [...] At the end of the Second World War, Can ada emerged as the third strongest of the Western powers and assumed in international organizations a position of influence not far behind that of the minor great powers. [...] Then, the appearance of new independent 14 - THE BETTER PART OF VALOUR states and the multiplication of the membership of the United Nations gradually reduced the relative importance of the found ing members.
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Table of Contents
- Cover 1
- Title 4
- Copyright 5
- Contents 6
- Introduction 8
- PART I: CANADIAN FOREIGN POLICY - GENERAL 12
- 1: Canada in the World 12
- 2: Canadian External Policies Since 1945 16
- 3: Is There a Future for Middlepowermanship? 27
- 4: Nationalism in Canadian Foreign Policy 39
- 5: The Public and Foreign Policy 55
- PART II: INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION 69
- 1: International Co-operation - The Hard Way 69
- 2: Peacekeeping and the Security Function of the United Nations 76
- 3: The Politics of Independence 90
- PART III: THE COMMONWEALTH 100
- 1: The Commonwealth and the United Nations 100
- 2: The Anglo-Canadian Neurosis: A Mood of Exasperation 114
- 3: The Future of the Commonwealth 124
- PART IV: THE ATLANTIC COMMUNITY 134
- 1: The Atlantic Community: Unity and Reality 134
- 2: Alliance and Independence 143
- PART V: CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES 154
- 1: The Relationship in Alliance and World Affairs 154
- 2: Growing Independence in Canadian-American Relations 177
- 3: The American Problem 191
- PART VI: THE PACIFIC AREA 201
- 1: Canada's Involvement in the Pacific Area 201
- 2: Canada and China 212
- 3: Canada's Task in Indochina 229
- PART VII: THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE 238
- 1: Canada and Pan America 238
- Note On The Author 256
