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Learning to love the bomb : Canada's nuclear weapons during the Cold War
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Learning to love the bomb : Canada's nuclear weapons during the Cold War / Sean M. Maloney.
ISBN
9781574886160 (alk. paper)
1574886169 (alk. paper)
Edition
1st ed.
Published
Washington, D.C. : Potomac Books, c2007.
Physical Description
xxv, 471 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
September 07, 2007
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 447-458) and index.
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.
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