Pearson and Canada's Role in Nuclear Disarmament and Arms Control Negotiations, 1945-1957In Pearson and Canada's Role in Nuclear Disarmament and Arms Control Negotiations Joseph Levitt traces the history of these negotiations from the Canadian diplomatic perspective. He analyses the various proposals and documents the reactions of Pearson and his colleagues. Levitt reveals Pearson's own view of the strategic stalemate between the USSR and the United States Pearson did not believe that an open and liberal society such as the United States