Unguarded border: American émigrés in Canada during the Vietnam War

2025/01/02 by Seth Kershner · 1 voice
Social Sciences · #Canadian Identity and History #Vietnamese History and Culture Studies

paper · doi:10.1080/27708888.2025.2485749

openalex publication_date 2025/01/02 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/06/15

Abstract

After American bombs started falling on North Vietnam in February 1965, Canada was quick to criticize the United States. When Prime Minister Lester Pearson had the temerity to call for a halt to th...

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• "Maxwell’s book presents a helpful overview of how various social actors [combined] to facilitate northward migration for antiwar Americans & their families." - Seth Kershner on "Unguarded #border" by [bsky, 0 points, 0 comments]

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