Canadian Policy Toward Khrushchev's Soviet Union (Foreign Policy, Security, and Strategic Studies) [Hardcover]

Jamie Glazov (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 2002 | Series: Foreign Policy, Security, and Strategic Studies (Book 4)

Based on extensive access to previously closed files in the National Archives of Canada, Canadian Policy toward Khrushchev's Soviet Union is the first comprehensive account of Canada's diplomacy toward the Soviet Union in the immediate post-Stalin era. Jamie Glazov reveals that the approach taken by the Liberal government of Louis St Laurent (1953-57) was a remarkable achievement for Canadian foreign policy. He details how the St Laurent government backed the shrewd calculations of the Department of External Affairs and emphasized the wisdom of the containment-accommodation approach, an approach that, Glazov claims, would help win the Cold War thirty-five years later. Glazov shows that the strategy of accommodation, the main difference between Canadian and American Soviet policy, was ultimately vindicated by the eventual ascendancy of a liberal Soviet leader (Gorbachev), which led to increased East-West contact and Soviet liberalization, phenomena that led directly to the West's victory in the Cold War. Glazov's new assessment of Western policies toward Khrushchev's Russia is critical to our understanding of present-day Russia, since Gorbachev's democratization, which led to the disintegration of the Soviet Union in 1991, had its origins in the Khrushchev thaw. Canadian Policy toward Khrushchev's Soviet Union provides vital information to help answer the question of how the West should deal with Russia, especially in the context of globalization - one of the most urgent issues facing Canada and the Western world.

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"A significant and original contribution to the history of Canadian foreign policy, multiculturalism, and more broadly, cold war history. No other work of its kind covers this subject in such detail." John English, Department of History, University of Waterloo

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 251 pages
• Publisher: Carleton Univ Pr (March 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0773522751
• ISBN-13: 978-0773522756
• Product Dimensions: 6 x 9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,695,645 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 22 people found the following review helpful

3.0 out of 5 stars Nice try, Mr Glazov January 10, 2003

By Tom Farrow

Format:Hardcover

It seems people never give up trying to start ridiculous smear campaigns against some of the greatest political leaders of the past century. Mr Glazov has it in for Diefenbaker. He's just dying to make Diefenbaker look bad. He wants Diefenbaker's blood. But it's not going to work, Glazov! Everyone knows who caused the Cold War (the United States) and all the gallons of white paint you try to throw over this fact aren't going to change it. Anyway, just remember, I know what you're up to, and I'll be watching you Glazov. I give this book three stars because it's at least a nice try. Glazov's a liar, but a talented one.