Canadian Peacekeepers
Canadian Peacekeepers

Author: Nat Reed

Publisher: S&S Learning Materials/On The Mark Press

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 81

ISBN-13:

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Since the end of World War II, the United Nations has sent peacekeeping forces to many areas in the world, to help maintain peace and order. Canada's military, as peacekeepers', has been very involved in missions that took place at the Suez Canal, Cyprus, the Congo, Rwanda, and Afghanistan. Many Canadian military personnel have lost their lives during these events and many have suffered traumatic experiences. The ideas and activities in this book will make students more aware of: The United Nations and Its Role; Canada's Peacekeeping Role Peacekeeping Situations and the Countries Involved; Peacekeeping Heroes Peacekeeping Memorials Includes 50+ pages of information and follow-up activities Glossary of terms Teacher guide Answer key 80 pages

Pearson's Peacekeepers
Pearson's Peacekeepers

Author: Michael K. Carroll

Publisher: UBC Press

Published: 2010-01-01

Total Pages: 253

ISBN-13: 0774858869

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In 1957, Lester Pearson won the Nobel Peace Prize for creating the United Nations Emergency Force during the Suez crisis. The award launched Canada's enthusiasm and reputation for peacekeeping. Pearson's Peacekeepers explores the reality behind the rhetoric by offering a detailed account of the UNEF's decade-long effort to keep peace along the Egyptian-Israeli border. While the operation was a tremendous achievement, the UNEF also encountered formidable challenges and problems. This nuanced account of Canada's participation in the UNEF challenges perceived notions of Canadian identity and history and will help Canadians to accurately evaluate international peacekeeping efforts today.

Canada, the Congo Crisis, and UN Peacekeeping, 1960-64
Canada, the Congo Crisis, and UN Peacekeeping, 1960-64

Author: Kevin A. Spooner

Publisher: UBC Press

Published: 2010-01-01

Total Pages: 298

ISBN-13: 0774858958

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In 1960 the Republic of Congo teetered near collapse as its first government struggled to cope with civil unrest and mutinous armed forces. When the UN established a peacekeeping operation to deal with the crisis, the Canadian government faced a difficult decision. Should it support the intervention? By offering one of the first detailed accounts of Canadian involvement in a UN peacekeeping mission, Kevin Spooner reveals that Canada’s involvement was not a certainty: the Diefenbaker government had immediate and ongoing reservations about the mission, reservations that challenge cherished notions of Canada’s commitment to the UN and its status as a peacekeeper.

Who Killed the Canadian Military?
Who Killed the Canadian Military?

Author: J. L. Granatstein

Publisher: HarperFlamingo

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 264

ISBN-13:

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"Jack Granatstein’s Who Killed the Canadian Military? is more than a history of the decline and rustout of a military that as late as 1966 boasted 3,826 aircraft (including cutting-edge Sea King helicopters) as opposed to today’s 328 aircraft-including those same Sea Kings and CF-18 fighters whose avionics are a generation out of date; the same can be said of the army and navy. Granatstein’s book is a convincing analysis of Canada’s embrace of a delusional foreign policy that equates knee jerk anti-Americanism with sovereignty and forgets that in a Hobbesian world of international relations, “power still comes primarily from the barrel of a gun” and not from Steven Lewis’s speeches about Canadian goodwill, tolerance or humanitarianism."--from amazon.com product desc.

Canadian Peacekeepers in Indochina 1954-1973
Canadian Peacekeepers in Indochina 1954-1973

Author: Arthur E. Blanchette

Publisher: Dundurn

Published: 2001-09-01

Total Pages: 223

ISBN-13: 0919614965

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This is a collection of personal reminiscences and first-hand recollections of diplomatic service in war-torn Indochina beginning in the late 1950s with the International Supervisory Commission and concluding with the last days of that terrible and desperate war in Viet Nam. These remarkable essays throw much new light on Canada's foreign policy in the far east, and they also provide us with rare insights into the ill-fated American operations. Contributors range from those who served with ambassadorial rank to those who lent support in more modest capacities.

Creating Canada's Peacekeeping Past
Creating Canada's Peacekeeping Past

Author: Colin McCullough

Publisher:

Published: 2016

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780774832496

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Creating Canada's Peacekeeping Past illuminates how Canada's participation in United Nations' peacekeeping efforts from 1956 to 1997 was used as a symbol of national identity - in Quebec and the rest of the country. Delving into four decades of documentaries, newspaper coverage, textbooks, political rhetoric, and more, Colin McCullough outlines the continuity and change in the production and reception of messages about peacekeeping. Engaging in debates about Canada's international standing, as well as its broader national character, this book is an ingeniously conceived addition to the history of the changing Canadian identity.

From Peacekeeping to Peacemaking
From Peacekeeping to Peacemaking

Author: Nicholas Gammer

Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 262

ISBN-13: 9780773522053

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This examination of Canada's response to the disintegration of the Federal State of Yugoslavia considers how Canadian foreign policy was formed, and the role of the prime minister in this decision-making. Gammer (political science, Okanagan University College) argues that Mulroney used his office to redefine international standards on humanitarian intervention. Gammer also outlines the risks in doing this, and considers the impact of Mulroney's stance on the behavior of Canadian troops. He considers the role of political leadership in foreign affairs, and its relationship to legitimacy. c. Book News Inc.

Creating Canada’s Peacekeeping Past
Creating Canada’s Peacekeeping Past

Author: Colin McCullough

Publisher: UBC Press

Published: 2016-10-07

Total Pages: 273

ISBN-13: 0774832517

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Peacekeeping. Despite efforts to relegate it to the past, what was once a central pillar in Canada’s national identity has been making a comeback in recent years. Creating Canada’s Peacekeeping Past illuminates how participation in the United Nations’ peacekeeping efforts from 1956 to 1997 became central to national self-identification in both English and French Canada. Delving into four decades’ worth of political rhetoric, newspaper coverage, textbooks, and more, Colin McCullough outlines continuity and change in the production and reception of messages about peacekeeping. He demonstrates that those who produced messages about peacekeeping often overlooked the particularities of individual missions, preferring to link their cultural products to political discourses about national identity. Engaging in debates about Canada’s international standing, as well as its broader national character, this book is a welcome addition to the history of Canada’s changing national identity.