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AbstractLouis St Laurent and Dwight Eisenhower came to power during one of the most intense periods of the Cold War. The Soviets had recently developed a nuclear bomb, touching off an arms race, while both the Canadian and American governments ran desperate investigations to purge their ranks of suspected communist sympathisers. St Laurent's victories in 1949, and again in 1953, as well as Eisenhower's in 1952, are often seen as inevitable. This interpretation is rooted in the fact that both men managed to stir overwhelming support from the hearts of their citizens. However, this viewpoint often fails to examine how their campaigns did this – through the projection of a reassuring, paternalistic image that spoke to hegemonic masculine norms in the era. Elaine Tyler May argues that the nuclear family, with the father at the helm, was seen as a form of 'domestic containment' against external ills. This article extends that theory upwards and explores how voters responded positively to the projection of a fatherly image from St Laurent and Eisenhower. At the same time, it examines how their campaigns actively deployed masculine image‐making to discredit opponents and depict them as outside the hegemonic masculine ideal. By voting instead for St Laurent and Eisenhower, citizens could be reassured that their families would come under the protection of a calm father figure, who would guide the nation through the current period of intense instability.

Satan's Playground by Paul Vanderwood takes the reader into a land of jackpots, fine food, and copious amounts of alcohol, all served up amongst plush, glittering surroundings. Of course, a good tale (and good history) is never truly complete without a little violence. True to its reputation, the Mexican resort of Agua Caliente does not disappoint.

To fulfill its roles of collective military action and security cooperation, NATO must undergo a political transformation to face such issues as terrorism, the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, illegal immigration, and energy security, issues that are globally interconnected, socio-economic, largely unsolvable by military actions alone, characterized by internal and external security implications, and contested in the realm of ideas and ethics. NATO must build global partnerships, enhance its political and socio-economic information and analysis capacities, develop its ethical awareness, and improve its state-building and peace-building capacities. Adapted from the source document.