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Avoiding Armageddon

Canadian Military Strategy and Nuclear Weapons, 1950-1963

UBC Press

An examination of Canadian military thinking on key issues of the nuclear age, such as deterrence, arms control, strategic stability, air defence, and the domestic acquisition of nuclear weapons.

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Collective Insecurity

The Liberian Crisis, Unilateralism, and Global Order

UBC Press

A probing analysis and critique of the historical dysfunction of the post-colonial African state and the tragic collapse of Liberia.

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Common Sense on Weapons of Mass Destruction

UBC Press

Ambassador Thomas Graham Jr. presents accessible, up-to-date facts on nuclear proliferation and nuclear terrorism, chemical and biological weapons, and small arms, and missile defense and WMDs in outer space.

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Holding the Line

Borders in a Global World

UBC Press

This volume contains contributions from twenty-four scholars concerning the significance and implications of the world’s borderlands in economic, political, and socio-cultural contexts.

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Securing Borders

Detention and Deportation in Canada

UBC Press

A close look at the laws, policies, and practices of detention and deportation in Canada since the Second World War.

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The Middle Power Project

Canada and the Founding of the United Nations

UBC Press

Based on materials not previously available to Canadian scholars, The Middle Power Project presents a critical reassessment of the traditional and widely accepted account of Canada’s role and interests in the formation of the United Nations.

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Sanctuary, Sovereignty, Sacrifice

Canadian Sanctuary Incidents, Power, and Law

UBC Press

Facing immediate deportation, a lone Guatemalan migrant entered sanctuary in a Montreal church in December 1983. Thus began the practice of sanctuary in Canada.

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“Here Is Hell”

Canada's Engagement in Somalia

UBC Press

One of the first scholarly examinations of the Somalia operation, this book will undoubtedly play a seminal role in informing further scholarly debate on this important period in Canada’s military and diplomatic past.

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Indigenous Diplomacy and the Rights of Peoples

Achieving UN Recognition

UBC Press, Purich Publishing

With a focus on international law, Henderson analyzes what the UN Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples means for Indigenous peoples around the world and for Canada.

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The OECD and Transnational Governance

UBC Press

A timely and insightful volume, The OECD and Transnational Governance fills an important gap in the literature on global governance.

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