Canada and the United States: Ambivalent Allies (The United by John Herd Thompson

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By John Herd Thompson

The usa and Canada have the world’s biggest buying and selling courting and the longest shared border. Spanning the interval from the yankee Revolution to post-9/11 debates over shared protection, Canada and the us bargains a present, considerate evaluation of family members among the 2 international locations. Distilling a mass of element pertaining to cultural, monetary, and political advancements of mutual value over greater than centuries, this survey allows readers to understand fast the essence of the shared event of those countries.

This variation of Canada and the USA has been widely rewritten and up to date all through to mirror new scholarly arguments, emphases, and discoveries. furthermore, there's new fabric on such issues as strength, the surroundings, cultural and fiscal integration, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, border safeguard, missile protection, and the second one management of George W. Bush.

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