HIS311Y1 Lecture : Tuesday January 17th -- New Commitments Canada and the Cold War.docx
Document Summary
1947-57 often referred to as the golden age of canadian foreign policy, and was the period in which canada mattered most on the international stage. Though canada did not play a very large diplomatic role in the war, canada did much more than expected. Period in which canadian foreign policy makers were open to making new commitments. The golden age is also very much associated with the liberal party. In 1935 the liberal party set out on a path of unprecedented electoral success and between. 1935 to 1984 the liberals were in office for about 44 years, and never were they at a greater height than in the late 40s and early 50s. When truman took office in april of 1945, the us position towards the soviet union became less accommodating, less trusting, and less open. Truman would use atomic diplomacy", a new-found sense of power because they had the atomic bomb.
