Description
Book SynopsisA major reassessment of a man synonymous with Canadian foreign policy, this book explores the complicated actions and legacy of Canada’s foremost statesman.
Trade ReviewThe essay format, where the authors are able to drill down deeply into many specific areas, helps illustrate many elements of Mr Pearson’s career which are likely unknown to even the most expert reader.
-- Thomas S. Axworthy, Public Policy, Massey College, University of Toronto * International Journal *
Table of ContentsForeword / John English
Introduction: Lester Pearson and Canadian External Affairs / Asa McKercher and Galen Roger Perras
Part 1: The Pearsonian World
1 Pearson and Pearsonianism / Robert Bothwell
2 Pragmatic Peacekeeping: The Pearson Years / Michael K. Carroll
3 Pearson and the United Nations: Tracking the Stoicism of a Frustrated Idealist / Adam Chapnick
4 C’est la Guerre: The Diplomacy of Mike Pearson and Paul Martin / Greg Donaghy
5 Lester Pearson and the Substance of the Sixties / Stephen Azzi
Part 2: Pearson the Pragmatist
6 Lester Pearson, Human Rights, and the United Nations / Jennifer Tunnicliffe
7 Lester Pearson and Arctic Sovereignty: A Case of Un-Pearsonian Diplomacy / Peter Kikkert, Adam Lajeunesse, and P. Whitney Lackenbauer
8 Not So Nobel: Arab Perceptions of Lester Pearson and Canada / Maurice Jr. M. Labelle
9 Friendly Noises but Distant Neighbours: Pearson, Latin America, and the Caribbean / John Dirks
10 A Long Goodbye: Pearson and Britain / Lara Silver
Part 3: Pearson the Idealist
11 A Cold Warrior? Pearson and the Soviet Bloc / Timothy Andrews Sayle
12 Commonwealth Conundrums: Canada and South Asia during the Pearson Era / Ryan Touhey
13 Pearson’s Promises and the NATO Nuclear Dilemma / Isabel Campbell
14 Pearson, France, and Quebec’s International Personality / Brendan Kelly
15 Pearson and Environmental Diplomacy / Norman Hillmer, Daniel Macfarlane, and Michael W. Manulak
Publications by Lester B. Pearson; Index
