Warming Up to the Cold War: Canada and the United States' Coalition of the Willing, from Hiroshima to Korea

by Robert Teigrob

When U.S. President Harry Truman asked his allies for military support in the Korean War, Canada's government, led by Prime Minister Louis St-Laurent, was reluctant. St-Laurent's government was forced to change its position however, when the Canadian populace, conditioned to significant degrees by the powerful influence of American media and culture, demanded a more vigorous response. Warming up to the Cold War shows how American cultural...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802096158
• ISBN13: 9780802096159
• Release Date: May 2009
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher