Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Canadian Linkages with the Inter- American Community -- I: The Evolution of Inter-American Institutions -- The Evolution of Pan-Americanism -- The Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance -- The Charter of the Organization of American States -- The American Treaty on Pacific Settlement -- Summary -- II: The OAS in Action: A Mixed Record -- OAS Success Stories -- OAS Failures -- Summary -- III: Canada and the Inter-American System, 1890-1968 -- Historical Background: Canada and the Pan-American Union -- Canada and the Organization of American States (OAS) -- Summary -- IV: Canada-OAS Relations: The Trudeau Years -- OAS Membership Revisited, 1968 to 1972 -- Canada Remains Aloof from the OAS, 1973 to 1978 -- The OAS File Remains Closed, 1978 to 1984 -- Canada and the OAS: Explaining the Trudeau Government's Aloofness -- Summary -- V: OAS Membership: The Actors and the Debates -- Canada's Political Leadership and the Issue of OAS Membership -- OAS Membership: A Sceptical Bureaucracy -- Canada and the OAS: Viewpoints from the Sidelines -- Summary -- VI: Canada Joins the OAS -- The Political Leadership -- The Foreign Policy Bureaucracy -- Major Developments in the Region -- Summary -- VII: Canada and the OAS: The Early Years -- Summary -- Conclusion -- Postscript -- Canada-OAS Relations for 1993-1994 -- Explaining Canada's Behaviour within the OAS -- Conclusion -- References -- Bibliography.