This volume traces the evolution of Canadian diplomacy during 1954, a year which marked the transition from the first, crisis-filled phase of the Cold War to a more stable, yet still dangerous, world order. It includes extensive material on the Geneva Conference on Far Eastern Affairs, and charts in detail Canada's deepening involvement in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia. Attention is also devoted to Canadian policy toward the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, the problem of German rearmament, and the United Nations. A comprehensive examination of Canada-United States defense relations and progress towards an integrated North American defense plan is included.