eprintid: 10205738
rev_number: 8
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dir: disk0/10/20/57/38
datestamp: 2025-03-06 14:04:03
lastmod: 2025-03-06 14:04:03
status_changed: 2025-03-06 14:04:03
type: article
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creators_name: Haglund, D.G.
title: Brebner’s North Atlantic Triangle at 80: A (Second) Retrospective Look at a Retrospective Book
ispublished: pub
subjects: PRESS_LND_JOU_CAN_STUD
keywords: grand strategy, strategic culture, atlanticism, Holmesianism, Porfirianism
note: © 2025, David G. Haglund. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Licence (CC-BY) 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/, which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original authors and source are credited.
abstract: Does Brebner’s classic study of Canadian grand strategy penned during the period of the Second World War continue to possess any ongoing policy meaning for Canada? This article argues the perhaps counterintuitive proposition that not only is Brebnerian imagery of continued relevance to Canadian strategic culture, but its importance has also increased in recent years. This is because the postulated alternative regional foci that were mooted in the immediate aftermath of the Cold War’s ending have, for reasons discussed in this article, turned out to deliver fewer ontological and material ‘payoffs’ than initially anticipated.
date: 2025
official_url: https://doi.org/10.14324/111.444.ljcs.2025v38.007
oa_status: green
language: eng
primo: open
primo_central: open_green
verified: verified_manual
doi: 10.14324/111.444.ljcs.2025v38.007
full_text_status: public
publication: London Journal of Canadian Studies
volume: 38
number: 1
pagerange: 93-119
issn: 23970928
citation:        Haglund, D.G.;      (2025)    Brebner’s North Atlantic Triangle at 80: A (Second) Retrospective Look at a Retrospective Book.                   London Journal of Canadian Studies , 38  (1)   pp. 93-119.    10.14324/111.444.ljcs.2025v38.007 <https://doi.org/10.14324/111.444.ljcs.2025v38.007>.       Green open access   
 
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