In Roosevelt's Bright Shadow : A Collection in Honour of the 70th Anniversary of FDR's 1938 Speech at Queen's University and Marking Canada's Special Relationship with America's Presidents 1938 to Present Day (Queen's Policy Studies Series)

In 1938, Franklin Roosevelt, the thirty-second president of the United States, received an honorary degree at a special outdoor convocation on the Queen's University campus. He pledged that day, in a speech, that his nation would defend Canada if the Dominion was ever attacked. This work highlights Roosevelt's speech and examines his visit.