Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Foreword ix
4. Acknowledgments xii
5. Acronyms xiv
6. Introduction 3
7. The Pearsonian World
8. Pearson and Pearsonianism 27
9. Pragmatic Peacekeeping 48
10. Pearson and the United Nations 70
11. C’est la Guerre 88
12. Lester Pearson and the Substance of the Sixties 107
13. Pearson the Pragmatist
14. Lester Pearson, Human Rights, and the United Nations 133
15. Lester Pearson and Arctic Sovereignty 149
16. Not So Nobel 169
17. Friendly Noises but Distant Neighbours 189
18. A Long Goodbye 210
19. Pearson the Idealist
20. A Cold Warrior? 229
21. Commonwealth Conundrums 251
22. Pearson’s Promises and the NATO Nuclear Dilemma 275
23. Pearson, France, and Quebec’s International Personality 297
24. Pearson and Environmental Diplomacy 320
25. Publications by Lester B. Pearson 342
26. Contributors 346
27. Index 348