A fresh and critically important alternative to much of the literature on Canadian foreign policy and diplomatic history during this period -- It will become an essential source for understanding Canada#146;s involvement in developing the United Nations organization. -- Tom Keating, author of Canada and World Order, 2nd edition This book is a valuable corrective to popular misconceptions of Canada#146;s contribution to the creation of the UN and its subsequent relationship with the organization. Chapnick#146;s extensive use of foreign records places the story in a broader context that is illuminating. -- John Hilliker, editor of Canada#146;s Department of External AffairsThis book provokes thought. The historical research is tremendously impressive. Having perpetrated a number of books on the UN, I am ashamed of how little I knew about Canada's early role therein. I am grateful to Adam Chapnick for teaching me how, why and where Canadian influence over the UN Charter can be discerned. -- David Malone, Literary Review of CanadaChapnick's is a timely book.

[this book offers an important critique of Canada's early contributions to the founding of the United Nations Andrew S. Thompson, Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI), H-Net Book Review Online, August 2006.Chapnick's focus on Canada's role in the founding of the United Nations (UN) in the final years of the Second World War is both unique and extremely valuable. This book enhances our understanding of Canada's foreign relations in this formative period. This is an impressive book, exhaustively researched and convincingly argued. It significantly revises our understanding of Canada's role in the creation of the United Nations and it should be an indispensable resource for anyone interested in Canadian history. - Robin S. Gendron, Department of History, Dalhousie University, H-Canada, November, 2006.