Title: No fences make good neighbors: the development of the US-Canadian security community, 1871–1940
Abstract:The durable peace between the United States and Canada has nowadays become an afterthought. It is simply unimaginable to most observers, except perhaps in satire, that the two North American countries...The durable peace between the United States and Canada has nowadays become an afterthought. It is simply unimaginable to most observers, except perhaps in satire, that the two North American countries could fight a war over any issue that is likely to arise. As 5,000 miles (and 125 years) of undefended border attest, neither side regards the other as even a potential military threat, despite the fact that interstate anarchy supposedly makes war an ever-present possibility. Conflicts materialize and are resolved without the expectation that they might lead to violence. The United States and Canada thus constitute a striking example of a pluralistic security community (PSC).Read More
Publication Year: 1998
Publication Date: 1998-10-28
Language: en
Type: book-chapter
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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