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"Just dummies" : cruise missile testing in Canada / John Murray Clearwater.
Van Pelt Library UG1312.C7 C58 2006
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Clearwater, John.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cruise missiles--Testing--History--20th century.
- Cruise missiles.
- Military relations.
- Testing.
- History.
- Canada--Military relations--United States.
- Canada.
- United States--Military relations--Canada.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 283 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Calgary : University of Calgary Press, [2006]
- Summary:
- The Canadian government's 1983 decision to allow U.S. cruise missile testing in this country resulted in intense political fallout. The controversial program was kept quiet for as long as possible, but when key secrets were leaked, the powers that be faced harsh criticism from activists, opposition parties, Washington, and the Canadian public. Using recently declassified documents from the highest levels of government, military and strategic expert John Clearwater asserts that both Trudeau and Mulroney viewed the cruise missile program as essential to maintaining good relations with the United States. In this highly charged, uncompromising analysis, Clearwater contends that cabinet made important decisions based on relatively little information and took major steps to maintain the secrecy surrounding the testing in an attempt to prevent the public from mounting an effective opposition.
- Just Dummies is a finely crafted and unflinching examination of the politics and history of cruise missile testing in Canada. Clearwater's insider expertise, backed up with military and political documents from both Canada and the U.S., provides readers with a unique perspective on this highly contentious issue.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 The Race to Test the Cruise 3
- Chapter 2 Testing, Testing, 1-2-3... 63
- Chapter 3 Litton, Direct Action, and the CMCP 99
- Chapter 4 Stealth Cruise Over Ottawa 111
- Chapter 5 Liberals Create, Tories Renew 151
- Chapter 6 All Things Must End 177
- Annex A Chronology of Test Flights 217
- Annex B Agreements and Arrangements 211.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-262) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1552382117 :
- OCLC:
- 71003136
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