Making North America

Trade, Security, and Integration

James A. Thompson

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University of Toronto Press
15 January 2014

Trade agreements; Economic history

Much has been written about the trilateral relationship between Canada, the United States, and Mexico, and the free trade agreements that this relationship has spawned. In Making North America, James Thompson uses the Canada-US Free Trade Agreement of 1988 and the North American Free Trade Agreement of 1994 to demonstrate that there has been an often-unrecognized impulse behind the process of North American integration - national security.

Featuring interviews with key decision-makers from all three countries, including Brian Mulroney, George H.W. Bush, and Carlos Salinas, Making North America is a rigorous analysis of the role national security has played in North American integration. Furthermore, Thompson's evidence suggests that the processes at work in North America are part of a global phenomenon where regions are progressively coalescing into larger-scale political entities.

By: James A. Thompson
Imprint: University of Toronto Press
Country of Publication: Canada
Dimensions: Height: 227mm, Width: 154mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 300g
ISBN: 9781442614260
ISBN 10: 1442614269
Pages: 200
Publication Date: 15 January 2014
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , A / AS level , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Chapter 1: Core Concepts Chapter 2: CUFTA I. US-Canada Relations, 1770s-1970s 1770s-1890s: Reciprocal Fear 1898-1944: Shifting Sources of Threat 1945-1979: The Cold War Context II. The Security Context of the 1980s III. The Decision to Establish an FTA IV. Assessing the Data V. Future Integration Chapter 3: NAFTA I. US-Mexico Relations, 1820s-1980s 1820s-1860s: Engaging the British and the French 1870s-1940s: German Influence 1945-1989: The Cold War II. The Security Context of the 1980s and early 1990s III. The Decision to Establish an FTA IV. Assessing the Data V. Future Integration Chapter 4: The Broader Context List of Interviews Chronologies of Important Events Notes Bibliography

James Thompson is an associate professor in the Department of Political Science at Hiram College.

Reviews for Making North America: Trade, Security, and Integration

""Making North America is an important contribution to our understanding of the security aspects of trade agreements and provides a useful bridge between the paradigms of realism and liberalism. As many of the leaders Thompson interviewed confirmed, nothing is done in isolation; trade agreements, especially in the context of the Cold War, always had security implications.""--Ian Rutherford, Department of Politics, Royal Military College of Canada