‘Hell, they’re your problem, not ours’
Résumé
Despite the fact tens of thousands of United States draft dodgers and military deserters came to Canada
to escape the Vietnam War, the U.S. government did not launch a formal protest to the Canadian
government. “‘Hell, they’re your problem, not ours’” explores why, for example, U.S. diplomats
would criticize Sweden for accepting dodgers and deserters and not Canada. This discrepancy will be
examined through a transnational perspective which takes into consideration Canada’s standing in
U.S. foreign policy during the Cold War in general and the Vietnam War in particular.