Robert Selkirk Bothwell (born August 17, 1944) is a Canadian professor of Canadian history. 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 Ottawa, Ontario, on 17 August 1944. He completed his Bachelor of Arts degree at the University of Toronto and his Doctor of Philosophy degree at Harvard University. He was Director of the University of Toronto's international relations program at Trinity College, 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 Robert Bothwell archival papers are held at the University of Toronto Archives and Record Management Services