{"product_id":"canadas-road-to-the-pacific-war-9780774821223","title":"Canadas Road to the Pacific War","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn intriguing account of Canada’s role as a Pacific power during the crisis that led to war with Japan.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e... \u003cem\u003eCanada's Road to the Pacific War\u003c\/em\u003e is a valuable contribution to the existing historiography. Wilford demonstrates clearly and effectively that Canada was a small but important link in the creation of the anti-Axis alliance prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor. With this examination of Canada's role in the Pacific, students of the Second World War and general readers alike can both form a better understanding of how the Allied nations cooperated to stem the tide of fascist aggression in 1941. -- David Macri * Journal of Military History *\u003cbr\u003eThe speed with which the Dominion declared war, Timothy Wilford shows in this meticulously researched book, had more to do with Prime Minister Mackenzie King’s political calculus that to demonstrate Canadian sovereignty it was better to act before the rest of the British Commonwealth and the United States, than it did with Canadian pre-war preparedness. Yet Wilford has uncovered many traces of Canada’s (surprising) willingness to risk war to roll back Japanese advances in China. -- Nathan M. Greenfield * Times Literary Supplement *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCanada’s Road to the Pacific War\u003c\/em\u003e raises awareness of the motivations behind military planning and political decision-making during the final months before Canada’s war with Japan. Wilford presents his research with methodical organization, effective transitions and summaries, and rich documentation, to provide an insightful explanation of Canada’s evolving wartime relationship with Britain and the United States. He shows the extent to which racism coloured the judgment of military and government decision-makers, both in underestimating Japanese military capabilities and in overestimating the threat posed by Japanese-Canadians living in coastal British Columbia. Above all, Wilford gives us an intelligence-based understanding of the Mackenzie King government’s decisions to prepare for the internment of Japanese-Canadians, to support the trade embargo against Japan, to send Canadian soldiers to the ill-fated defence of Hong Kong, and to be the first Allied nation to declare war against Japan.\u003c\/p\u003e -- James Wood * BC Studies, No. 177, Spring 2013 *\u003cbr\u003eThis workmanlike book illuminates the information received in Ottawa about the deteriorating situation in the Pacific between 1939 and 1941 ...The documents discussed also show how the pressures of wartime cooperation were transforming not only the relationships between Canada and the United States but also those between Washington and London. -- Jan Drent * Northern Mariner, 23.1 *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1 Prelude to War: Canada and the Pacific Powers, 1922-40\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2 The Allied Web: Intelligence Networks in Canada before the Pacific War\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3 Developing a Far East Strategy, December 1940 to July 1941\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4 Avoiding confrontation with Japan: Diplomacy, Deterrence, and Hong Kong\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5 Reassessing the Far East Crisis after the Asset Freeze, August to October 1941\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6 Guarding the Coast: Canadian Defence Strategy for the North Pacific\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7 Countdown to War: Negotiation and Mobilization, November 1941\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8 The Coming of the Pacific War, December 1941\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConclusion: Canada's Response to the Pacific Challenge\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGlossary of Names\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChronology of Events, 1922-42\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNotes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBibliography\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of British Columbia Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49404923478359,"sku":"9780774821223","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/canadas-road-to-the-pacific-war-9780774821223","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}