Canada, the Congo Crisis, and UN Peacekeeping, 1960-64In 1960 the Republic of Congo teetered near collapse as its first government struggled to cope with civil unrest and mutinous armed forces. When the UN established what would become the largest peacekeeping operation of the Cold War, the Canadian government faced a difficult decision. Should it support the intervention? As Kevin Spooner demonstrates, Canadas involvement in the mission was not preordained. The Diefenbaker government became enmeshed in