American national security and economic relations with Canada, 1945-1954

Author(s)

• Aronsen, Lawrence

Bibliographic Information

American national security and economic relations with Canada, 1945-1954

Lawrence Robert Aronsen

（Praeger studies in diplomacy and strategic thought）

Praeger, 1997

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [195]-203) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Aronsen draws on recently declassified documents in Ottawa and Washington to provide a reassessment of Canada's special relationship with the U.S. Toward this end, detailed new information is provided about Canada's contribution to the creation of the postwar economic order from the Bretton Woods Agreement to GATT. Canada's cooperation was rewarded by special economic concessions including the extension of the Hyde Park agreement in 1945, the inclusion of the off-shore purchases clause to the Marshall Plan, and Article II of the NATO Treaty. After the outbreak of the Korean War, Canada's resources played a crucial role in the production of weapons systems for the new air/atomic strategic doctrine. Several policies were adopted to facilitate the expansion of Canadian defense production, notably the relaxation of regulations on technology transfer; the encouragement of private sector investment; and the negotiation of long-term contracts at above-market prices. In the midst of these unprecendented peacetime developments Time Magazine observed that Canada had become America's Indispensable Ally.

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

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• NCID: BA35634848
• ISBN:
  • 0275958914
• LCCN: 96053611
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Westport, Conn.
• Pages/Volumes: xxii, 212 p.
• Size: 25 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : HF1456.5.C2
  • DC21 : 337.73071
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : United States -- Foreign economic relations -- Canada
  • LCSH : Canada -- Foreign economic relations -- United States
  • LCSH : National security -- United States -- History -- 20th century
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA29883098