A diplomacy of hope : Canada and disarmament, 1945-1988 / Albert Legault and Michel Fortmann ; translated from the French by Derek Ellington.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Legault, Albert.

Contributor:

Fortmann, Michel.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Disarmament--History--20th century.

Disarmament.

Arms control--History--20th century.

Arms control.

Canada--Foreign relations--1945-.

Canada.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (694 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, c1992.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Setting their study in a broad international context, the authors present their account of the negotiations under the following thematic headings: the Atomic Energy Commission of the United Nations; the Commission for Conventional Armaments; the Disarmament Commission; talks on the Arctic and the de-nuclearization of Central Europe during the late 1950s and the early 1960s; the Ten-Nation Committee on Disarmament; the Eighteen-Nation Committee on Disarmament; the treaty on the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons; the negotiations on chemical and biological weapons, banning nuclear tests, and the prevention of an arms race in outer space; mutual and balanced force reductions; the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe; and the Stockholm negotiations at the Conference on Disarmament in Europe. The authors refer to the major bilateral talks between the United States and the former Soviet Union wherever these negotiations have a bearing on the issues in which Canada was involved. The English edition of A Diplomacy of Hope, a work originally published in French, was prepared by Derek Ellington.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Tables and Figures

Foreword

Preface

Acknowledgments

Acronyms

The Bees and the Ants

Canada Caught in the Squall, 1945–1952

The Pilgrim’s Staff and the Blind Man’s Cane

Things Told and Things Untold

The Catechesis of Perseverance: Canada and the Ten-Nation Committee on Disarmament

The Nuclear Threat: From Dread to Denial

Canada and the Non-Proliferation Treaty

Canada’s Position on Chemical and Biological Weapons

A Comprehensive Test Ban: In Search of the Grail

Canada and Outer Space

Of Turtles and Tanks: Canada and the MFBR Negotiations

A Matter of Confidence: Canada and the Military Aspects of the CSCE

From the Megaphone to the Boudoir* Canada and the Stockholm Conference (1983—1986)

Conclusion

Appendix A

Appendix B

Appendix C

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Translation of: Une diplomatie de l'espoir.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-85603-0

9786612856037

0-7735-6350-4

OCLC:

243586590