 | Canada and the Ukrainian Question, 1939-1945 Subjects: Ukrainian Canadians -- Government policy -- History; Canada -- Politics and government -- 1935–1948; Ukraine -- History -- Autonomy and independence movements; Self-determination National -- Ukraine; Focusing on the difficulties the government faced in trying to reconcile moral imperatives and political interest, Kordan provides an innovative interpretation of government policy toward Ukrainian Canadians. Drawing extensively on Canadian, British, American, and Soviet archival material, he highlights the connection between the government's foreign and domestic concerns and the implications of each for Canadian nation building. Meticulously researched and richly detailed, Canada and the Ukrainian Question, 1939-1945 offers a clear but critical statement about Canada's uneven approach to ethnic integration and policy making. It will be of interest to historians as well as those interested in foreign policy. Kordan Bohdan S. : Bohdan S. Kordan is professor of international relations at St Thomas More College, University of Saskatchewan, and author of Strategic Friends: Canada-Ukraine Relations from Independence to the Euromaidan. |
