Yves Engler Livres

The book offers a critical examination of Canadian military history, highlighting the experiences of its victims rather than the glorified narratives typically associated with Canada’s role in international peacekeeping. Yves Engler challenges the prevailing myths of Canadian humanitarianism by exposing the realities of wars, repression, and the underlying military culture. Through this perspective, the author aims to provide a more nuanced understanding of Canada's military actions and their impact on both domestic and global scales.

The book provides an in-depth analysis of Canada's relationship with Israel, focusing on Lester Pearson's post-World War II negotiations for a Jewish state on Palestinian territory. It critiques tax incentives that facilitated Zionist funding for West Bank settlements and explores the connections between the Canadian Security Intelligence Service and Israel's Mossad. Through these discussions, it sheds light on the complexities and implications of Canada's foreign policy in relation to Israel and Palestine.

The book critically examines the foreign policy of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, challenging his portrayal as a progressive leader. Yves Engler argues that Trudeau has largely perpetuated the same foreign policy established by the previous Conservative government under Stephen Harper, rather than enacting significant changes. Through probing questions and analysis, Engler reveals the continuity in Canada's international stance, suggesting a deeper examination of Trudeau's claims of restoring Canada's global image.

Yves Engler continues his groundbreaking analyses of past and present Canadian foreign policy. The author of The Black Book of Canadian Foreign Policy, and other works that challenge the myth of Canadian benevolence, documents Canadian involvement in the transatlantic slave trade, the "scramble for Africa" and European colonialism. The book reveals Ottawa's opposition to anticolonial struggles, its support for apartheid South Africa and Idi Amin's coup, and its role in ousting independence leaders Patrice Lumumba and Kwame Nkrumah. Based on an exhaustive look at the public record as well as on-the-ground research, Canada in Africa shows how the federal government pressed African countries to follow neoliberal economic prescriptions and sheds light on Canada's part in the violence that has engulfed Somalia, Rwanda and the Congo, as well as how Canada's indifference to climate change means a death sentence to ever-growing numbers of Africans.

Yves Engler is the author of nine books and a political activist renowned for his critiques of Canadian foreign policy.

The autobiography chronicles the journey of a former junior hockey player who transforms into a media spokesperson for radical university students in Canada. It explores the essence of student radicalism and examines the potential for 21st-century students to effect change in society. The narrative emphasizes the significance of student activism and delves into the motivations behind it, providing insights into the role of youth in shaping the future.

"Stephen Harper’s foreign policy documents the sordid story of the Canadian government’s sabotage of international environmental efforts, a government totally committed to tar sands producers and a mining industry widely criticized for abuses. Furthermore, this sweeping critique details Harper’s opposition to the “Arab Spring” democracy movement and his backing of repressive Middle East monarchies, as well as his support for a military coup in Honduras and indifference to suffering of Haitians following the earthquake that devastated their country. The book explores Canada’s extensive military campaign in Libya, opposition to social transformation in Latin America and support for a right-wing Israeli government. With an eye to Canada’s growing international isolation, The Ugly Canadian is a must read for those who would like to see Canada adopt a more just foreign policy."--pub. desc

"The book details the vast sums Global Affairs Canada, Veterans Affairs and the Department of National Defence spend articulating a one-sided version of Canada's foreign policy. A Propaganda System traces the long history of government information control during war, including formal censorship, as well as extreme media bias on topics ranging from Haiti to Palestine, investment agreements to the mining industry. The book also details the corporate elite's funding for university programs and think tanks"--Provided by publisher.

"Lester Pearson is one of Canada's most important political figures. A Nobel Peace laureate, he is considered a great peacekeeper and 'honest broker.' But in this critical examination of his work, Pearson is exposed as an ardent cold warrior who backed colonialism and apartheid in Africa, Zionism, coups in Guatemala, Iran and Brazil and the U.S. invasion of the Dominican Republic. A beneficiary of U.S. intervention in Canadian political affairs, he also provided important support to the U.S. in Vietnam and pushed to send troops to the American war in Korea. Written in the form of a submission to an imagined "Truth and Reconciliation" commission about Canada's foreign policy past Lester Pearson's Peacekeeping: The Truth May Hurt challenges one of the most important Canadian foreign policy myths."--pub. desc