NATO and the bomb : Canadian defenders confront critics / Erika Simpson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Simpson, Erika, 1962-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

North Atlantic Treaty Organization--Canada.

North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

Nuclear weapons--Government policy.

Nuclear weapons.

Canada--Military policy.

Canada.

Military policy.

Nuclear weapons--Government policy--Canada.

Physical Description:

xv, 349 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Montreal ; Ithaca : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2001]

Summary:

The underlying beliefs and assumptions of Canada's high-level policy makers about NATO and the bomb are documented and explored. During the Cold War, the Canadian government's approach to NATO and nuclear weapons raised eyebrows, provoked newspaper headlines, and angered Americans and Europeans alike as new ways of thinking among Canadian leaders competed with traditional attitudes and approaches. In NATO and the Bomb Erika Simpson helps explain contemporary defence decisions and Canada's support--or lack thereof--for NATO.

Contents:

Introduction: Leader's Belief Systems and Canada's Defence Commitments 3

1 Canada's NATO Commitments during the Cold War 9

2 Canadian Belief Systems in Context 25

3 The Belief Systems of Defenders: General Patterns between 1963 and 1989 41

4 The Belief Systems of Critics: General Patterns between 1963 and 1989 72

5 A Case Study: The Diefenbaker Government's Shifting NATO Commitments, 1957-1963 100

6 The Traditional Beliefs and Assumptions of Defenders, 1957-1963 127

7 The Original Beliefs of Critics and the Onset of New Ways of Thinking, 1957-1963 159

8 The Root Causes of Confrontation: Reasons for Defenders' and Critics' Belief Systems, 1930s to 1980s 184

Conclusion: The Dilemma of Alliance Membership 221.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0773521186

0773520880

OCLC:

43846989