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Contents
  1. Table of Contents

  2. Preface and Acknowledgements

  3. Introduction: The Reality of Canada’s Relationship with the United States

    Raymond Blake

    1. 1. Sir John A. Macdonald: Nation-Building and Tensions with the United States

      Hanna Mattie

    2. 2. Wilfrid Laurier and the Failure of Compromise

      Lachlan McLaren

    3. 3. R.B. Bennett: Taking the Broadaxe to the United States

      Kaiden Polanski

    4. 4. Balancing Between Giants: Mackenzie King, Wartime Rhetoric, and the Transformation of Canada’s Place in North America

      Thomas David Hartnell

    5. 5. Uncle Louis’ Attic: Sovereignty and Security in Canada’s Arctic Archipelago

      Orie Olynyk

    6. 6. John Diefenbaker and Canada’s Political Struggle During the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis

      Magdalena Gaass

    7. 7. Contextualizing the Canadian Counterweights to Combat the American Economic Elephant: The Canada-First Policies of Pierre Elliott Trudeau

      Joshua Foster

    8. 8. Brian Mulroney’s Personal Diplomacy: Canada–US Relations and the Problem of Acid Rain

      Michael Smith

    9. 9. Justin Trudeau: The Canada–United States Balancing Act

      Jordan Cousins

  4. Contributors to Dealing with the Elephant: Canada's Prime Ministers and US Presidents

    Jordan Cousins; Joshua Foster; Magdalena Gaass; Thomas David Hartnell; Hanna Mattie; Lachlan McLaren; Orie Olynyk; Kaiden Polanski; and Michael Smith

  5. Cover Credits

  6. OEP Program Acknowledgements

  7. Version History

Dealing with the Elephant: Canada's Prime Ministers and the United States

Table of Contents

  1. Preface and Acknowledgements
  2. Raymond Blake Introduction: The Reality of Canada’s Relationship with the United States
  3. Hanna Mattie Sir John A. Macdonald: Nation Building and Tensions with the United States
  4. Lachlan McLaren Wilfrid Laurier and the Failure of Compromise
  5. Kaiden Polanski R.B. Bennett: Taking the Broadaxe to the United States
  6. Thomas Hartnell Balancing Between Giants: Mackenzie King, Wartime Rhetoric, and the Transformation of Canada’s Place in North America
  7. Orie Olynyk Uncle Louis’ Attic: Sovereignty and Security in Canada’s Arctic Archipelago
  8. Joshua Foster Contextualizing the Canadian Counterweights to Combat the American Economic Elephant: The Canada-First Policies of Pierre Elliott Trudeau
  9. Magdalena Gaass John Diefenbaker and Canada’s Political Struggle During the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis
  10. Michael Smith Brian Mulroney’s Personal Diplomacy: Canada–US Relations and the Problem of Acid Rain
  11. Jordan Cousins Justin Trudeau: The Canada–United States Balancing Act
  12. Contributors to Dealing with the Elephant: Canada’s Prime Ministers and US Presidents
  13. Cover Credits
  14. OEP Program Acknowledgements
  15. Version History

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