Ethnic diasporas and the Canada-United States security community : from the Civil War to today

Ethnic diasporas and the Canada-United States security community : from the Civil War to today / David G. Haglund.

The focus is on three diasporas and their impact on North American security relations: the Irish, the Germans, and the Muslim diaspora. The book first examines the evolution of North America from a zone of war to a zone of peace, starting with the debate over the nature and meaning of the Canada-US...

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Main Author: Haglund, David G.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Maryland : Rowman and Littlefield, 2015.
Subjects:
National security > United States.
National security > Canada.
Irish Americans > Politics and government.
German Americans > Politics and government.
Muslims > Political activity > United States.
Muslims > Political activity > Canada.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > International.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > International Relations > General.
Diplomatic relations
German Americans > Politics and government
Irish Americans > Politics and government
Muslims > Political activity
National security
United States > Foreign relations > Canada.
Canada > Foreign relations > United States.
Canada
United States
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Table of Contents:
  • Geopolitical" borders and North America's Hobbesian past : mythologizing the 49th parallel
  • From zone of war to zone of peace : origins and evolution of the Canada-United States security community
  • Diasporas and their impact upon global and regional security : the question of "ethnic lobbying"
  • Big stick, or splintered shillelagh? : Irish America and its impact on the Canada-United States security relationship
  • "Do the German Americans dictate our foreign policy?" : the principle of the opposite effect, applied
  • "New Fenians" and "homegrowns" : Jihadism and the evolving North American security community
  • Conclusion.

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