Hobson's Choice: Does Canada Have Any Options in Its Defence and Security Relations with the United States?

Roussel, Stephane, MacLeod, Alex, Van Mens, Andri, International Journal

Enemy forces should not be able to pursue their way either by land, sea or air to the United States across Canadian territory.

William Lyon Mackenzie King, 20 August 1938

[W]hat we have to fear is more a lack of confidence in the United States as to our security, rather than enemy action... If we do enough to assure the United States we shall have done a good deal more than a cold assessment of the risk would indicate to be necessary.

Maurice Pope, April 1944

THE CANADA-UNITED STATES DEFENCE RELATIONSHIP has been a real bargain for the Canadian government, allowing it to enjoy a level of security it could never have …

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Publication information: Article title: Hobson's Choice: Does Canada Have Any Options in Its Defence and Security Relations with the United States?. Contributors: Roussel, Stephane - Author, MacLeod, Alex - Author, Van Mens, Andri - Author. Journal title: International Journal. Volume: 55. Issue: 3 Publication date: Summer 2000. Page number: 341. © Canadian Institute of International Affairs Fall 1997. Provided by ProQuest LLC. All Rights Reserved.

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