Description
Book SynopsisBow takes a close look at four major bilateral disputes between Canada and the United States to show that – contrary to some reports – the US has not made coercive linkages between issues to get its own way.
Trade ReviewBow makes [it] clear, the conditions that made that golden age possible are gone for good.
-- Robert Teigrob, Ryerson University * Canadian Public Policy, Vol XXXVII, No. 1 *
The judges in the 2010 Donner Prize competition for the best book on Canadian public policy made no mistake to choose Brian Bow’s Politics of Linkage. Bow has crafted a splendid exploration of the past six decades of the United States-Canada relationship that must be ranked among the most profound on the subject.
-- John Herd Thompson * H-Diplo Roundtable Review, Vol XII, No 17, 2011 *
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments
Abbreviations
1 The Social Foundations of the Special Relationship
2 Power, Interdependence, and Ideas
3 Nuclear Weapons, 1959-63
4 Arctic Waters, 1969-71
5 Oil and Gas, 1980-83
6 War in Iraq, 2001-4
7 Diplomatic Culture: Exceptions, Rules, and Exceptions to the Rule
Notes
References
Index
