Hector Mackenzie
Biographic Data
| ID | 3767100 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Hector Mackenzie |
| GIVEN NAMES | Hector |
| FAMILY NAME | Mackenzie |
| SIGNATURE | MACKENZIE H |
| AFFILIATIONS | Global Affairs Canada |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 24 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 24 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 24 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
The North Atlantic Triangle and North Atlantic Treaty: A Canadian Perspective on the ABC Security Conversations of March-April 1948
This article examines the secret ‘security conversations’ between the United States, Britain and Canada that took place in Washington, DC, between 22 March and 1 April 1949. These ‘ABC’ talks produced a document known as the Pentagon Paper, which played an important part in the origins of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. For reasons of both foreign policy and domestic politics, the Pentagon Paper was portrayed at the time as essentially an…
North Atlantic World: Canada and the Wartime Plans for the Post-War Global Economy, 1941–1947
There were numerous bilateral financial and commercial measures in the 1940s within the North Atlantic Triangle of the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada, in wartime and thereafter. 1 However, the focus of this article is on Canada’s interest in the multilateral economic proposals for the post-war world. As the following account demonstrates, that option for Canadian policymakers was likewise defined and framed within the North Atlantic…
The straight and narrow path: Policy direction and oversight of the gay purges in Canada
The gay purges from the late 1950s to the late 1970s were the only large-scale dismissals from the public service of Canada in its history. As this article demonstrates, this arbitrary action was taken without regard to individual circumstances and without due process or appeal, simply because of the sexuality of those targeted. Presumptions were made – and acted upon – about a supposed link between homosexuality and disloyalty, with a consequent…
Speaking about the War of 1812: Reinterpreting History in the Rhetoric Surrounding Canada’s Inter-War Diplomacy (1919–1939)
A remarkable feature of Canada’s external relations in the years between the two world wars of the twentieth century is the extent to which Canada’s conduct and speeches by its representatives on international affairs were dominated by imagery of North American harmony. Past clashes, most notably the War of 1812, or simply differences of views were forgotten or overlooked in the construction of a myth that served to justify inaction and the denia…
A companion to Theodore Roosevelt
Transatlantic Generosity: Canada's ‘Billion Dollar Gift’ to the United Kingdom in the Second World War
On the basis of research in Canadian, British, and US records, this article examines the development and implementation of the most generous financial act in the Second World War: Canada's billion dollar gift to the United Kingdom in 1942. The origins of this extraordinary measure, the political and economic factors that influenced its introduction, and the reasons why its replacement differed so markedly in format even as it replicated the funda…
France, the North Atlantic Triangle and negotiation of the North Atlantic Treaty, 1948–1949: A Canadian perspective
Golden Decade(s)? Reappraising Canada's International Relations in the 1940s and 1950s
The notion of a bygone lustrous period in the history of Canada's international relations permeates memoirs and biographies of Canadian diplomats, scholarly literature, journalism and popular commentary. This image has become a central icon in a nationalist pantheon, a vital myth about Canada's exceptionalism, its purported international mission and its supposed primordial internationalism. Moreover, the greater past has become the standard by wh…
Canada among nations 2008: 100 Years of Canadian foreign policy
Canada in World Affairs
A legacy ofthe Canadian Institute of International Affairs (CIIA) that still rewards scholars, students, and others is the incomplete and defunct series, Canada World Affairs. Readers invariably learn more about Canada's past external relations, particularly how policies and events were understood by contemporaries. Beyond their value recalling parliamentary, press, and public opinion, these books have been distinguished by their analytical quali…
Knight Errant, Cold Warrior or Cautious Ally? Canada on the United Nations Security Council, 1948–1949
Chaff with the wheat: The Anglo-Canadian wheat contract of 1946 in its North Atlantic setting
Engaging the Enemy: Canada in the 1940s Edited by Andrew Hiscock and Muriel Chamberlain
Shades of Gray? “The Foundations of Canadian Policy in World Affairs” in Context
Sixty years ago, Louis St. Laurent, then secretary of state for external affairs, delivered one of the most famous speeches on Canada's foreign policy: it was the first address by a Canadian foreign minister to outline the principles upon which Canada's relations with the rest of the world were based, and to delineate the key instruments for the application of those principles to international affairs. (2) From the outset, St. Laurent's elaborati…
Delineating the North Atlantic triangle: The Second World War and its aftermath
For sixty years, the phrase 'North Atlantic triangle' has been employed by Canadian scholars to describe the relations of Canada, Britain and the USA. That image was a product of its time and its originator's perspective, with particular relevance to an understanding of Canada's international relations in the Second World War and its aftermath. This paper weighs the evidence for and against the existence of a triangular relationship in the 1940s …
Purged…from Memory: The Department of External Affairs and John Holmes
Hector Mackenzie is senior departmental historian at the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade. The views expressed in this article are those of the author, not the department.ON 26 APRIL 1996, the minister of Lloyd Axworthy, announced that recently created foreign policy outreach fund would be named for John Holmes, who was described in the news release as former Canadian diplomat, academic policy activist and long-time head of t…
Purged… from Memory: The Department of External Affairs and John Holmes
Arsenal of the British empire’? British orders for munitions production in Canada, 1936–39
(2003). ‘Arsenal of the British empire’? British orders for munitions production in Canada, 1936–39. The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History: Vol. 31, No. 3, pp. 46-73
An old dominion and the new commonwealth: Canadian policy on the question of India's membership, 1947–49
Sinews of War and Peace: The Politics of Economic Aid to Britain, 1939–1945
Canadians have become accustomed to a relatively high level of national income, largely sustained by Canada's trade with the rest of the world. The foundations for that economic activity were laid during and after the Second World War, when memories of the Great Depression and its dire consequences for the Canadian economy were still vivid. Exports in wartime and after were seen as vital to Canada's recovery, to its contribution to victory, and t…
Sinews of War and Peace: The Politics of Economic Aid to Britain, 1939-1945
War and Progress: Britain, 1914–1945
(1998). War and Progress: Britain, 1914–1945. History: Reviews of New Books: Vol. 26, No. 2, pp. 75-75
Documents on Canadian External Relations Vol 14: 1948
Justice Denied: The Anglo-American Loan Negotiations of 1945
In the flurry of recent commemorations of the momentous events of fifty years ago, there is one anniversary which may have been overlooked. From September to December 1945, British and American representatives met in Washington to negotiate what was regarded as the crucial financial in- strument to reconstruct international trade. Later developments would dem- onstrate that the unprecedented American loan to Britain would not suffice and that fir…
Documents on Canadian External Relations Vol 14: 1948
War and Progress: Britain, 1914–1945
(1998). War and Progress: Britain, 1914–1945. History: Reviews of New Books: Vol. 26, No. 2, pp. 75-75
Sinews of War and Peace: The Politics of Economic Aid to Britain, 1939–1945
Canadians have become accustomed to a relatively high level of national income, largely sustained by Canada's trade with the rest of the world. The foundations for that economic activity were laid during and after the Second World War, when memories of the Great Depression and its dire consequences for the Canadian economy were still vivid. Exports in wartime and after were seen as vital to Canada's recovery, to its contribution to victory, and t…
Knight Errant, Cold Warrior or Cautious Ally? Canada on the United Nations Security Council, 1948–1949
Delineating the North Atlantic triangle: The Second World War and its aftermath
For sixty years, the phrase 'North Atlantic triangle' has been employed by Canadian scholars to describe the relations of Canada, Britain and the USA. That image was a product of its time and its originator's perspective, with particular relevance to an understanding of Canada's international relations in the Second World War and its aftermath. This paper weighs the evidence for and against the existence of a triangular relationship in the 1940s …
Transatlantic Generosity: Canada's ‘Billion Dollar Gift’ to the United Kingdom in the Second World War
On the basis of research in Canadian, British, and US records, this article examines the development and implementation of the most generous financial act in the Second World War: Canada's billion dollar gift to the United Kingdom in 1942. The origins of this extraordinary measure, the political and economic factors that influenced its introduction, and the reasons why its replacement differed so markedly in format even as it replicated the funda…
Chaff with the wheat: The Anglo-Canadian wheat contract of 1946 in its North Atlantic setting
An old dominion and the new commonwealth: Canadian policy on the question of India's membership, 1947–49
Sinews of War and Peace: The Politics of Economic Aid to Britain, 1939-1945
Documents on Canadian External Relations Vol 14: 1948
Justice Denied: The Anglo-American Loan Negotiations of 1945
In the flurry of recent commemorations of the momentous events of fifty years ago, there is one anniversary which may have been overlooked. From September to December 1945, British and American representatives met in Washington to negotiate what was regarded as the crucial financial in- strument to reconstruct international trade. Later developments would dem- onstrate that the unprecedented American loan to Britain would not suffice and that fir…
War and Progress: Britain, 1914–1945
(1998). War and Progress: Britain, 1914–1945. History: Reviews of New Books: Vol. 26, No. 2, pp. 75-75
An old dominion and the new commonwealth: Canadian policy on the question of India's membership, 1947–49
Sinews of War and Peace: The Politics of Economic Aid to Britain, 1939–1945
Canadians have become accustomed to a relatively high level of national income, largely sustained by Canada's trade with the rest of the world. The foundations for that economic activity were laid during and after the Second World War, when memories of the Great Depression and its dire consequences for the Canadian economy were still vivid. Exports in wartime and after were seen as vital to Canada's recovery, to its contribution to victory, and t…
Sinews of War and Peace: The Politics of Economic Aid to Britain, 1939-1945
Arsenal of the British empire’? British orders for munitions production in Canada, 1936–39
(2003). ‘Arsenal of the British empire’? British orders for munitions production in Canada, 1936–39. The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History: Vol. 31, No. 3, pp. 46-73
Purged…from Memory: The Department of External Affairs and John Holmes
Hector Mackenzie is senior departmental historian at the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade. The views expressed in this article are those of the author, not the department.ON 26 APRIL 1996, the minister of Lloyd Axworthy, announced that recently created foreign policy outreach fund would be named for John Holmes, who was described in the news release as former Canadian diplomat, academic policy activist and long-time head of t…
Purged… from Memory: The Department of External Affairs and John Holmes
Delineating the North Atlantic triangle: The Second World War and its aftermath
For sixty years, the phrase 'North Atlantic triangle' has been employed by Canadian scholars to describe the relations of Canada, Britain and the USA. That image was a product of its time and its originator's perspective, with particular relevance to an understanding of Canada's international relations in the Second World War and its aftermath. This paper weighs the evidence for and against the existence of a triangular relationship in the 1940s …
Shades of Gray? “The Foundations of Canadian Policy in World Affairs” in Context
Sixty years ago, Louis St. Laurent, then secretary of state for external affairs, delivered one of the most famous speeches on Canada's foreign policy: it was the first address by a Canadian foreign minister to outline the principles upon which Canada's relations with the rest of the world were based, and to delineate the key instruments for the application of those principles to international affairs. (2) From the outset, St. Laurent's elaborati…
Chaff with the wheat: The Anglo-Canadian wheat contract of 1946 in its North Atlantic setting
Engaging the Enemy: Canada in the 1940s Edited by Andrew Hiscock and Muriel Chamberlain
Knight Errant, Cold Warrior or Cautious Ally? Canada on the United Nations Security Council, 1948–1949
Golden Decade(s)? Reappraising Canada's International Relations in the 1940s and 1950s
The notion of a bygone lustrous period in the history of Canada's international relations permeates memoirs and biographies of Canadian diplomats, scholarly literature, journalism and popular commentary. This image has become a central icon in a nationalist pantheon, a vital myth about Canada's exceptionalism, its purported international mission and its supposed primordial internationalism. Moreover, the greater past has become the standard by wh…
Canada among nations 2008: 100 Years of Canadian foreign policy
Canada in World Affairs
A legacy ofthe Canadian Institute of International Affairs (CIIA) that still rewards scholars, students, and others is the incomplete and defunct series, Canada World Affairs. Readers invariably learn more about Canada's past external relations, particularly how policies and events were understood by contemporaries. Beyond their value recalling parliamentary, press, and public opinion, these books have been distinguished by their analytical quali…
France, the North Atlantic Triangle and negotiation of the North Atlantic Treaty, 1948–1949: A Canadian perspective
Transatlantic Generosity: Canada's ‘Billion Dollar Gift’ to the United Kingdom in the Second World War
On the basis of research in Canadian, British, and US records, this article examines the development and implementation of the most generous financial act in the Second World War: Canada's billion dollar gift to the United Kingdom in 1942. The origins of this extraordinary measure, the political and economic factors that influenced its introduction, and the reasons why its replacement differed so markedly in format even as it replicated the funda…
A companion to Theodore Roosevelt
Speaking about the War of 1812: Reinterpreting History in the Rhetoric Surrounding Canada’s Inter-War Diplomacy (1919–1939)
A remarkable feature of Canada’s external relations in the years between the two world wars of the twentieth century is the extent to which Canada’s conduct and speeches by its representatives on international affairs were dominated by imagery of North American harmony. Past clashes, most notably the War of 1812, or simply differences of views were forgotten or overlooked in the construction of a myth that served to justify inaction and the denia…
North Atlantic World: Canada and the Wartime Plans for the Post-War Global Economy, 1941–1947
There were numerous bilateral financial and commercial measures in the 1940s within the North Atlantic Triangle of the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada, in wartime and thereafter. 1 However, the focus of this article is on Canada’s interest in the multilateral economic proposals for the post-war world. As the following account demonstrates, that option for Canadian policymakers was likewise defined and framed within the North Atlantic…
The straight and narrow path: Policy direction and oversight of the gay purges in Canada
The gay purges from the late 1950s to the late 1970s were the only large-scale dismissals from the public service of Canada in its history. As this article demonstrates, this arbitrary action was taken without regard to individual circumstances and without due process or appeal, simply because of the sexuality of those targeted. Presumptions were made – and acted upon – about a supposed link between homosexuality and disloyalty, with a consequent…
The North Atlantic Triangle and North Atlantic Treaty: A Canadian Perspective on the ABC Security Conversations of March-April 1948
This article examines the secret ‘security conversations’ between the United States, Britain and Canada that took place in Washington, DC, between 22 March and 1 April 1949. These ‘ABC’ talks produced a document known as the Pentagon Paper, which played an important part in the origins of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. For reasons of both foreign policy and domestic politics, the Pentagon Paper was portrayed at the time as essentially an…
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