Issues
November 2006
Cover art and pictures throughout the issue by Andrew Stevenson
Andrew Stevenson is a Toronto illustrator whose portfolio is available online at www.squidgystudios.com.
Are Interests Really Value-Free?
A salvo from the “realist” school of Canadian foreign relations
Jennifer Welsh
From Propaganda to Scholarship
A new book tracks the development of Canadian military history
Roger HallA Vanished Community
A journalist turns to fiction to explore life and racial politics in Halifax’s Africville.
James W. St.G. WalkerDeparting from the Script
Getting stuck between fantasy and reality can produce painfully funny fiction.
Val RossThe Gamble That Failed
Two Quebec authors examine the risk that René Lévesque ran in the 1980 referendum.
The Erosion of Public Goods
And one analyst’s hope that the courts can reinvigorate them.
Stephen LeDrewTrudeau’s Great Leap
A new translation of his Chinese travel diaries prompts both admiration and concern.
David Curtis Wright