Canada and the United States. Two nations, one border, same continent. Anti-American sentiment in Canada is well documented, but what have Americans had to say about their northern neighbour? Allan examines how the American media has portrayed Canada, from Confederation to Obama’s election.

By examining major events that have tested bilateral relations, Bomb Canada tracks the history of anti-Canadianism in the U.S. Informative, thought provoking and at times hilarious, this book reveals another layer of the complex relationship between Canada and the United States.

PREFACE
The article is wrinkled and aging. The photograph of U.S. Ambassador David Wilkins in an Ottawa Senators jersey smudged and faded. I cut out the story in December 2005 when I was home in Winnipeg for the Christmas holidays.

I had moved to Los Angeles a few months earlier so the picture of Wilkins in the Winnipeg Free Press with the headline “We’re slow and ‘stalking’ America, says TV pundit” caught my attention. MSNBC’s Tucker Carlson had just made his infamous “Canada is your retarded cousin” comment and the Canadian press was indignant at this latest verbal slight as well as some other equally provocative Canada-bashing remarks.

As a journalist and now an incognito Canadian, I was intrigued. Why were American commentators taking aim at Canada? And how did this compare to what has been said by the American media in the past? So began the process of sifting through thousands of newspaper and magazine articles, trolling the Internet for anti-Canadian blog postings and keeping track of television comments. In essence, it is a project with no finite end. ...

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Paperback: 160 pages
Author: Chantal Allan
Publisher: UBC Press (July 15, 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 189742549X
ISBN-13: 978-1897425497

CONTENTS
PREFACE ix
PROLOGUE xi
CHAPTER 1
The First Five Years: 1867–1872 1
General News 4
Beware the Fenians 6
Stoking Fears of Annexation 8
Canadian Exodus 11
CHAPTER 2
Free Trade or “Freedom”: 1911 13
“Champ Clark’s Bombshell” 17
Round Two for Reciprocity 20
“No” from the Golden Coast 21
The Fight for Free Trade in Canada 25
Fall of Reciprocity 27
CHAPTER 3
Castro, Nukes & the Cold War: 1953 –1968 31
Trading with the Red Menace 32
Bomarcs, Nukes, and Defence 36
Vietnam Variance 45
CHAPTER 4
Enter the Intellect: 1968 –1984 53
Trudeaumania 54
The Shakedown 57
Trudeau and the Terrorists 59
Back to the Basics 61
Viva Cuba! 65
Booted Out 66
The Clark Sideshow 68
Rebound and Final Au Revoir 71
Hello Again USA! 74
CHAPTER 5
Hitting Below the Belt: 2001 Onward 77
Strikes of Terror 79
Off to War 82
No Longer Nice 84
The Schism Widens 88
Downward Spiral 91
EPI LOGUE 97
Notes 107
Bibliography 127
Index 133

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Chantal Allan is an award-winning journalist who has reported for CBC Radio and NPR (National Public Radio). Her articles have appeared in the Toronto Star, Los Angeles Daily News, and other publications. She received her M.A. in journalism from the University of Southern California and now lives in Los Angeles.

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