Refugee Law after 9/11
Sanctuary and Security in Canada and the United States
The first major study to compare changes made to Canadian and US refugee law after and because of 9/11, Refugee Law after 9/11 uncovers crucial connections among refugee law, security relativism, and national self-image.
- Publication year: 2020
Sovereignty and Command in Canada–US Continental Air Defence, 1940–57
The most thorough study of Canada–US command and control relations to date, Sovereignty and Command in Canada–US Continental Air Defence, 1940–57 traces Canada’s efforts to protect its sovereignty by retaining command over its armed forces.
- Publication year: 2018
Governing Irregular Migration
Bordering Culture, Labour, and Security in Spain
This thorough analysis of immigration governance in Spain explores the dynamics of inclusion and exclusion at play at one of Europe’s southern borders.
- Publication year: 2018
Engaging the Line
How the Great War Shaped the Canada–US Border
Engaging the Line explores how the First World War forever changed the Canada–US border by examining reactions to increasingly strict security measures in six adjacent border communities.
- Publication year: 2016
Creating Canada’s Peacekeeping Past
Creating Canada’s Peacekeeping Past delves into diverse representations of Canadian peacekeeping, including National Film Board documentaries, political rhetoric, and high school textbooks to show how peacekeeping became a symbol of Canadian national identity in both French and English Canada.
- Publication year: 2016
Beyond Afghanistan
An International Security Agenda for Canada
For years, the war in Afghanistan dominated Canada’s foreign and defence policy. Now that the mission is over, what are the issues that will shape Canada’s future international security agenda?
- Publication year: 2016
Unsettled Balance
Ethics, Security, and Canada’s International Relations
A timely exploration of the uneasy balance between ethics and security in Canada’s international decision-making processes since 9/11.
- Publication year: 2015
Lock, Stock, and Icebergs
A History of Canada’s Arctic Maritime Sovereignty
Lock, Stock, and Icebergs recounts the events, pressures, and behind-the-scenes negotiations that shaped Canada’s legal claim to the Northwest Passage and the waters of the Arctic Archipelago.
- Publication year: 2016
Hearts and Mines
The US Empire’s Culture Industry
A fascinating look at the symbiotic relationships between the US security state and the US culture industry, and their drive to promote the US Empire as a way of life through the production, packaging, and selling of cultural commodities in world markets.
- Publication year: 2016
Maritime Command Pacific
The Royal Canadian Navy’s West Coast Fleet in the Early Cold War
One of Canada’s leading military historians recounts the story of the Canadian navy’s Pacific fleet during the tense years of the early Cold War.
- Publication year: 2016
Disarming Intervention
A Critical History of Non-Lethality
Disarming Intervention traces the social, historical, and legal legitimization of non-lethal weapons in the United States.
- Publication year: 2015
The Pragmatic Dragon
China’s Grand Strategy and Boundary Settlements
Presenting a historical survey of China’s boundary disputes and settlements, Hyer demonstrates that its approach to territorial disputes has been pragmatic and strategic.
- Publication year: 2015
In Peace Prepared
Innovation and Adaptation in Canada’s Cold War Army
This book explores how the Canadian Army prepared for the possibility of a Third World War and how its innovations and adaptations laid the groundwork for the evolution of our national army.
- Publication year: 2015
Game Changer
The Impact of 9/11 on North American Security
This volume re-examines 9/11’s effect on North American security policy and international relations from a trilateral rather than a bilateral perspective.
- Publication year: 2014
Unlikely Diplomats
The Canadian Brigade in Germany, 1951-64
An original and critical account of the evolution of the Canadian Army and Canada’s relationship with NATO in the Cold War era.
- Publication year: 2013
A National Force
The Evolution of Canada’s Army, 1950-2000
A groundbreaking reassessment of when, and why, Canada’s army broke away from its British imperial roots to become a truly national force.
- Publication year: 2013
Strategic Nonviolent Power
The Science of Satyagraha
- Publication year: 2013
The Canadian Rangers
A Living History
A lavishly illustrated history of the Canadian Rangers and their evolving role as defenders and stewards of Canada’s remote regions.
- Publication year: 2013
Cold War Fighters
Canadian Aircraft Procurement, 1945-54
In detailing the complexities of buying fighter aircrafts for the RCAF in the early years of the Cold War, Wakelam also sheds light on contemporary procurement issues.
- Publication year: 2011
Labour Goes to War
The CIO and the Construction of a New Social Order, 1939-45
This book examines the explosive growth of the CIO in Canada during the Second World War, showing how cultural as well as economic forces were at work in the gritty work of union organizing.
- Publication year: 2012