CAST 1103H Study Guide - Quiz Guide: William Grant Stairs, First Nations, Revanchism

• School: Trent University
• Department: Canadian Studies
• Course: CAST 1103H
• Professor: Evgeny Efremkin

Document Summary

Peacekeeping nation: peacekeeping refers to the deployment (spreading of military troops) of national force for the purpose of helping to control and resolve an actual or potential armed conflict between or within states. A lot of canada"s peacekeeping had to do with the fact that they were so isolated. Warrior nation: canadians are lightly armed with intentions of maintaining neutrality, using force only in self- defence a policy that runs contrary to military training and culture soldiers are outgunned by better armed fighters who kidnap. Mckay and swift state that a lot of canadians were inspired by isolationism and the image of canada as a peaceful fireproof house far removed from european conflagrations. Canada"s goal was to keep the peace between people who often despise each other, in doing that, they are to only ceasefire whenecessary. Yes, but at some point we need to realize that maybe the pride of being lightly armed could essentially be putting canada in danger.