In his accomplished study of US President Dwight Eisenhower, The Age of Eisenhower: America and the World in the 1950s, prominent American historian William Hitchcock argues that the era from the mid-1940s to the early 1960s was defined by three overarching themes: the Cold War and its implications for the national security state; the triumph of liberalism and a strong faith in government; and a redefinition of American influence in the world. This is an intriguing idea and is certainly worth exploring from other perspectives, including that of Canada.
The Bill Graham Centre for Contemporary International History invites you to join us on 7 May 2021 for a symposium on Canadian responses to the anxieties, preoccupations, and ideas emanating from Eisenhower’s Washington. From cultural and economic issues to matters of war and peace, papers address how Canadians dealt with the United States at the outset of the so-called “American Century”.
This symposium is organized in memory of Dr. Greg Donaghy, the distinguished historian of Canada’s foreign policy and the former Director of the Bill Graham Centre.
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