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Learning to love the bomb : Canada's nuclear weapons during the Cold War / Sean M. Maloney.

Author/creator Maloney, Sean M., 1967-
Format Book and Print
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoWashington, D.C. : Potomac Books, ©2007.
Descriptionxxv, 471 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Supplemental Content Table of contents only
Subject(s)
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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 447-458) and index.
LCCN 2006034892
ISBN9781574886160 (alk. paper)
ISBN1574886169 (alk. paper)

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