RU
Manuscript
  • Original research article
  • May 29, 2020
  • Open access

Participation in the World War I and Lester Pearson’s Views Transformation

Full
text RU

Abstract

Canada’s participation in world politics is often associated with the notion of liberal internationalism as the main tool of conducting the Canadian foreign policy. One of the originators of this idea is considered to be the diplomat and prime minister Lester Bowles Pearson. The article analyses the diplomat’s views transformation during the World War I. The author substantiates the necessity of studying Pearson’s views by significance of his contributions to the development of the Canadian national and foreign policies, as well as to the international relations of the mid-20th century. It is argued that it was during his participation in the Great War when the concepts of war and peace developed in Pearson’s mind. The study has also identified sociopolitical conditions under which the formation and further transformation of Lester Pearson’s views on the use of force in world politics took place.

References

  1. Исраелян Е. В. Лестер Пирсон и «золотое десятилетие» канадской дипломатии // США и Канада: экономика, политика, культура. 2017. № 7. С. 95-109.
  2. Мальков В. Великий Рузвельт. «Лис в львиной шкуре». М.: Яуза; Эксмо, 2018. 560 c.
  3. Симоненко Е. С. Мобилизация первого канадского контингента в годы Первой мировой войны // Известия Волгоградского государственного педагогического университета. 2018. № 2. C. 221-226.
  4. Anderson A. The Diplomat. Lester Pearson and Suez Crisis. New Brunswick: Goose Lane Editions, 2015. 400 p.
  5. Bothwell R. Canada’s Moment: Lester Pearson, Canada, and the World // Pearson, the Unlikely Gladiator / ed. by N. Hillmer. Montreal: McGill-Queen’s University Press, 1999. Р. 19-29.
  6. Cohen A. Extraordinary Canadians: Lester B. Pearson. Toronto: Penguin Canada, 2011. 232 p.
  7. Engler Y. Lester Pearson’s Peacekeeping - The Truth May Hurt. Toronto: RED Publishing, 2012. 160 p.
  8. Leclerc E. Inventing Canada abroad: The legacy of Lester B. Pearson: How one man’s vision kept the peace and forged a legacy [Электронный ресурс]. URL: https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Inventing+Canada+abroad%3A+the+legacy+ of+Lester+ B.+Pearson%3A+how+one..-a0305839788 (дата обращения: 15.03.2020).
  9. Lester Pearson reflects on a life in politics [Электронный ресурс] // CBC Digital Achieve. URL: https://www.cbc.ca/ archives/entry/lester-pearson-reflects-on-a-life-in-politics (дата обращения: 15.03.2020).
  10. Mike’s World: Lester. B. Pearson and Canadian External Affairs / ed. by A. McKercher and G. Roger Perras. Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, 2017. 380 p.
  11. Pearson L. Democracy in World Politics. Toronto, 1955. 134 p.
  12. Pearson L. Mike: The Memoirs of the Right Honorable Lester B. Pearson: in III vols. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2015. Vol. 1. 1897-1948. 326 p.
  13. Pearson L. Mike: The Memoirs of the Right Honorable Lester B. Pearson: in III vols. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1974. Vol. 2. 1948-1957. 344 p.
  14. Words and Occasions: An Anthology of Speeches and Articles by Lester B. Pearson (1972-04-27). Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1970. 310 p.

Author information

Dar'ya Mikhailovna Pokrovskaya

Derzhavin Tambov State University

About this article

Publication history

  • Received: March 18, 2020.
  • Published: May 29, 2020.

Keywords

  • Лестер Б. Пирсон
  • внешняя политика Канады
  • Первая мировая война
  • либеральный интернационализм
  • имперская идея
  • Lester B. Pearson
  • Canadian foreign policy
  • World War I
  • liberal internationalism
  • imperial idea

Copyright

© 2020 The Author(s)
© 2020 Gramota Publishing, LLC

User license

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)