America’s territory is the very definition of “safe.” To the north, deep, rugged forests and giant lakes separate most American and Canadian population centers. Only once, in the War of 1812, have the Americans fought their northern neighbors. Even that should be more accurately considered as a war with the Canadians’ then-current colonial master—who at the time was the world’s military superpower—than one between the Yanks and Mounties themselves. In the two centuries since the war, American-Canadian hostility has gradually given way to not simply neutrality or friendship, but an evolution
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