This important new book is a critical examination of Canadian peacekeeping. The author Sean Maloney, argues that Canadians have participated in the creation of a national "peacekeeping myth." As a result, this "peacekeeping myth" has damaged the structure and limited the abilities of Canada's armed forces. Canada and UN Peacekeeping also carefully considers the way each government from St. Laurent to Trudeau viewed peacekeeping. Interspersed with these discussions, is a closer examination of specific Canadian peacekeeping operations conducted during those administrations, and the reasons why Canada chose to get involved with them. This book offers an illuminating account of Canadian peacekeeping and its various complexities.