| Description |
1 online resource (xxv, 471 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Canada and the Cold War to 1951 -- Fear is not an option: a new strategy, 1952-1955 -- The goalie's big stick: Canadian strategy and the new look, 1955-1957 -- Information is power: Canada and nuclear weapons testing -- There was only one catch: Diefenbaker takes control, 1956-1957 -- Is power nothing without control? continental defence problems and domestic politics, 1957-1959 -- Engines for Armageddon: Canadian nuclear forces and NATO, 1957-1960 -- Enter Thor's gauntlet, wielding a wrench: Canadian problems with the USAF Strategic Air Command, 1958-1960 -- Canada's nuclear crisis, part I: a year of transition, 1960 -- Canada's nuclear crisis, part II: frustrating incrementalism, 1961 -- Dodging the nuclear bullet: Canada and the Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962-1963 -- Close to the apex: the Pearson government, nuclear weapons, and national security policy, 1963-1964 -- Delivering the bomb: Canada goes nuclear -- Conclusion |
| Summary |
Avoiding Armageddon, Canadian-style |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 447-458) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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| Subject |
Nuclear weapons -- Canada
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Cold War.
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HISTORY -- Military -- Nuclear Warfare.
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Military policy
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Nuclear weapons
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Kernwaffe
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Militärpolitik
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Canada -- Military policy
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Canada
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Kanada
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781612342474 |
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1612342477 |
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