Robert Selkirk Bothwell (born 1944) is a Canadian professor of

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. Bothwell is considered to be the foremost scholar on Canadian Cold War participation, as well as a frequently published author.

Life and career

Bothwell was born in

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, on 17 August 1944. He completed his

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degree at the

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and his

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degree at

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. He was Director of the

's international relations program at

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, where he is a fellow, and is a professor of Canadian political and diplomatic history. Bothwell holds the May Gluskin Chair in Canadian History. His research interests include modern Canadian history and political, diplomatic, and military history. Bothwell is an expert on Canada–US relations.

Selected bibliography

* * ''C.D. Howe: A Biography'', by Robert Bothwell and William Kilbourn, Toronto, 1979, McClelland and Stewart, . * ''Eldorado: Canada's National Uranium Company'' 1984 * ''A Short History of Ontario'' 1986 * ''Years of Victory'' 1987 * ''Nucleus: A History of Atomic Energy of Canada Limited'', Toronto, 1988, University of Toronto Press, . * ''Loring Christie'' 1988 * ''Laying the Foundations'' 1991 * ''Canada & the United States'' 1991 * ''Canada & Quebec'' 1995 * ''The Big Chill'' 1998 * ''The Penguin History of Canada'' 2006 * ''Alliance and Illusion: Canada and the World, 1945-1984'' 2007 * ''Your Country, My Country: A Unified History of the United States and Canada'' 2015

References

External links

Robert Selkirk Bothwell from Canadian Encyclopedia

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