Review: Canada and the United States
| Date | 01 March 1984 |
| Published date | 01 March 1984 |
| Author | Donald Barry |
| DOI | 10.1177/002070208403900111 |
| Subject Matter | Review |
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agreement,
not
only
the
United
States
but
also
China
and
North
Viet-
nam
were
anxious
to
re-enlist
the
tainted
peacekeeper
for
another
tour
of
duty.
David
Cox/Queen's
University
CANADA
AND THE
UNITED
STATES
Dependence
and
Divergence
The
Atlantic
Council
Working
Group
on the
United
States
and
Canada
Willis
C.
Armstrong,
Louise
S.
Armstrong,
Francis
0.
Wilcox
Cambridge
MA:
Ballinger,
1982,
xiv,
331pp,
us$25.00
In
1979
the
Atlantic
Council
of
the United
States
decided
to
conduct
a
study
of
Canadian
political
developments
and their
implications
for
American
policy
over
the
next
several
years.
A
working
group
of
forty-five
Americans
from
the
government,
academic,
and
business
communities
was
convened
for
this
purpose
in
March
198o.
This
vol-
ume
is
the
product
of
its
efforts. It
consists
of
a
policy
statement
on
Canada-United
States
relations,
prepared
by
the working
group,
and
seven
background
chapters on
major
aspects
of
the
relationship,
writ-
ten
by
individual
authors.
The
chapters
include
essays
on
Canadian
federalism (Howard
H.
Cody),
Canada-United
States
energy
relations
(Edward
F.
Wonder),
investment
issues
(Gary Clyde
Hufbauer
and
Andrew
James
Samet),
trade
relations
(John
M.
Volpe),
environmen-
tal
concerns
(Annette
Baker
Fox),
defence relations
(Douglas
J.
Mur-
ray),
and
Quebec
versus
United
States
interests and
policies
(Alfred
0.
Hero,
Jr).
The
policy
statement
is
the
book's
centrepiece.
Completed
in
1981,
at
a
time when
Canadian-American
relations
had
arguably
reached
a
postwar
low,
the
statement
includes an
analysis
of
the
state
of
the
relationship
and
a
series
of
policy
recommendations on
how
the
United
States
should
deal
with
Canada.
The
statement
is
self-inter-
ested
but
moderate
in
its
approach.
For
instance,
it
warns
of
the
dangers
of
linkage
politics
and
recognizes
that
the
resolution
of
bilat-
eral
issues
is
fundamentally
a
question
of
political
will
and
not
of
the
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