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<div>The Department of Sociology at Wilfrid Laurier University is
hosting a talk by Yves Engler on his book <em>Lester Pearson's
Peacekeeping: The Truth May Hurt</em>.</div>
<div>We would appreciate if you could forward the event information
below as well as the attached poster to your faculty, students,
and any other parties you feel may be interested. We hope to send
you a printed copy of the poster in the next couple of weeks.</div>
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<div>Thank you for your help.</div>
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<div>Sincerely,</div>
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<div><font size="2">Kirsten Pries, </font><font size="1">MA</font></div>
<div><font size="2">Administrative Assistant <br>
Department of Sociology</font></div>
<div><font size="2">Wilfrid Laurier University</font> </div>
<div><font size="2">Phone: (519) 884-0710 ext.3982</font></div>
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<div align="center"><font face="Candara"><span style="FONT: bold
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guest lecture by </span></font></div>
<div align="center"><font face="Candara"><span style="FONT: bold
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<div align="center"><span style="FONT: 12pt Candara; COLOR: #000000"><strong><font
color="#005f8c" size="4"><font color="#000000">Lester
Pearson's Peacekeeping:</font> <font color="#c60000">The
Truth May Hurt</font><font color="#000000"> </font>
<div align="center"><span style="FONT: 12pt Candara; COLOR:
#000000"><font size="4">Thursday March 8, 2012 7:00 pm</font></span></div>
<div align="center"><span style="FONT: 12pt Candara; COLOR:
#000000"><font size="4">Dr. Alvin Woods Building 2-106 </font></span></div>
<div align="center"><span style="FONT: 12pt Candara; COLOR:
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en-CA; mso-ansi-language: en-CA" lang="en-CA">Yves
Engler has been dubbed "one of the most Important
voices on the Canadian </span><span
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en-CA; mso-ansi-language: en-CA" lang="en-CA">Left
today" (Briarpatch), "in the mould of I. F. Stone"
(Globe and Mail), </span><span
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en-CA; mso-ansi-language: en-CA" lang="en-CA">"ever-insightful"
(rabble.ca) and a "Leftist gadfly" (Ottawa
Citizen). His six books </span><span
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en-CA; mso-ansi-language: en-CA" lang="en-CA">have
been praised by Naomi Klein, Noam Chomsky, William
Blum,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Rick
Salutin </span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Candara;
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en-CA; mso-ansi-language: en-CA" lang="en-CA">and
many others.<o:p></o:p></span></font>
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<p style="mso-pagination: none" class="MsoNormal"><span
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en-CA; mso-ansi-language: en-CA" lang="en-CA">Written
in the form of a submission to an imagined "Truth
and Reconciliation" commission about<span
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foreign policy past,</span><span
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en-CA; mso-ansi-language: en-CA" lang="en-CA"> Lester
Pearson's<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Peacekeeping:
The Truth May Hurt </span><span
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en-CA; mso-ansi-language: en-CA" lang="en-CA">will
change how you think about this country's most
famous<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>statesman.
Rather than an 'honest broker' or 'peacekeeper'
Pearson was an ardent cold warrior who backed
colonialism and apartheid in Africa,<span
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Zionism,
coups In Guatemala, Iran and Brazil and the US
invasion of the Dominican Republic. A </span><span
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en-CA; mso-ansi-language: en-CA" lang="en-CA">beneficiary
of US intervention in Canadian political
affairs, the Nobel Peace laureate provided
important support to the US in Vietnam and pushed
to send troops to the American-led war in Korea.
Pearson helped construct the post World War II </span><span
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This book challenges one of the most important
(and useful) Canadian foreign policy myths.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="mso-pagination: none" class="MsoNormal"><span
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details, please see the attached poster. </span></p>
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<div align="left"><span style="FONT: bold 12pt Candara;
COLOR: #000000">This Event is FREE and Sponsored By:</span><span
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</span><span style="FONT: 12pt Candara; COLOR: #000000"><span
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; language:
en-CA; mso-ansi-language: en-CA" lang="en-CA">The
Department of Sociology, </span></span><span
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; language:
en-CA; mso-ansi-language: en-CA" lang="en-CA">the
Department of Political Science, The Faculty of Arts,
and the Academic Council on the United </span><span
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; language:
en-CA; mso-ansi-language: en-CA" lang="en-CA">Nations
System (ACUNS) .</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt;
FONT-WEIGHT: bold; language: en-CA" lang="en-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<p style="mso-pagination: none" class="MsoNormal"
align="left"><span style="language: en-CA" lang="en-CA"> </span><span
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Additional Information contact:</span></p>
<div><span style="FONT: 12pt Candara; COLOR: #000000">Dr.
Peter Eglin, Department of Sociology, at <a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:peglin@wlu.ca">peglin@wlu.ca</a> or
ext. 3877</span></div>
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