The Shaping of Peace – Canada and the Search for World Order, 1943–1957 (Volume…

The Shaping of PeaceCanada and the Search for World Order, 1943-1957 (Volume 1)\nAuthor(s): John Holmes\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: University of Toronto Press, Canada\nImprint: University of Toronto Press\nISBN-13: 9781487591762, 978-1487591762\nSynopsis\nWhen Mackenzie King went to the San Francisco Conference he told the Commons that Canada had played its part in winning the war and it was now its duty to play a part in 'the shaping of peace.' This is a history and analysis of Canadian participation in the peace settlement and in the establishment of the United Nations and other international institutions, written by a man who was in the Department of External Affairs at the time. Although the book records the principal events, its emphasis is on the ideas and basic philosophies which Canada applied to the world scene in these years.\n\n The first of two volumes deals with postwar planning in Ottawa, the institutions which were created before the war ended, and Canada's part in.