American National Security and Economic Relations with Canada, 1945-1954

Subjects:

• History » American History -- 1946 to Present
• Political Science » International Relations
• History » American Diplomatic History
• Military Studies » Arms Control/Defense

Reviews:

• This book is clear and persuasive.
  —The Journal of American History
• [A] very useful study of American-Canadian economic relations in the era immediately following World War II...He achieves his goal of proving to scholars of American foreign policy that a "special relationship" existed between the two allies. The strength of Aronsen's analysis is its convincing and detailed depiction of the complexities of the asymmetrical relationship and his rebuttal of American radical scholars' and Canadian nationalists' long-held perceptions of unmitigated American dominance in the relationship.
  —Social History
• It is therefore with some nostalgia that Aronsen's book gives Canadians a clearer understanding of how their country was able to benefit from America's preoccupation with national security at the dawn of the Cold War.
  —The Canadian Historical Review

Table of Contents:

• Abbreviations
• Introduction: The "Special Relationship" with Canada
• Approaches to Canadian-American Economic Relations
• The State Department, Congress and Trade Relations with Canada, 1945-1949
• Continental Industrial Mobilization Planning and Production, 1947-1953
• American National Security and Canadian Strategic Materials, 1947-1953
• The Continental Integration of Transportation: American National Security and the Seaway Issue, 1945-1954
• Assessing Canada's Unique Role in Postwar American Foreign Economic Policy
• Bibliography
• Index