François LALONDE

Biography

Biographic Profile

 

François Lalonde teaches American history and 20^th Century history at the University of Ottawa. Before that he taught at the Royal Military College of Canada, at McGill University and at Boston University.

 

Dr. Lalonde did his PhD at Boston University under the supervision of William R. Keylor, specializing in American history and the history of 20^th century international relations. His dissertation, Diverging Visions of Leadership in the Atlantic Alliance, 1957-1963, explored internal power struggles between NATO members in the late 1950s and early 1960s. His research for this project took him to various American presidential libraries as well as to the French and British National Archives. Prior to his PhD, he obtained a BA and MA from McGill University with a specialization in American History. His current area of interest is American political and international relations history during the Cold War and beyond.