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The price of alliance : the politics and procurement of Leopard tanks for Canada's NATO brigade / Frank Maas.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Maas, Frank, author.
- Series:
- Studies in Canadian military history
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Canada. Canadian Armed Forces--Procurement--History--20th century.
- Canada.
- North Atlantic Treaty Organization--Canada--History--20th century.
- North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
- North Atlantic Treaty Organization--Europe--History--20th century.
- Canada. Canadian Armed Forces.
- Leopard (Tank)--History--20th century.
- Leopard (Tank).
- Military relations.
- History.
- Canada--Military relations--Europe--History--20th century.
- Europe--Military relations--Canada--History--20th century.
- Europe.
- Canada--Military policy.
- Military policy.
- Europe--Military policy.
- Physical Description:
- 170 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Vancouver ; Toronto : UBC Press, 2017.
- Summary:
- "The first major reappraisal of Pierre Trudeau's controversial defence policy, The Price of Alliance uses the 1976 procurement of Leopard tanks for Canada's troops in Europe to shed light on Canada's relationship with NATO. After six years of pressure from Canada's allies, Trudeau was convinced that Canadian tanks in Europe were necessary to support foreign policy objectives, and the tanks symbolized an increased Canadian commitment to NATO. Drawing on interviews and records from Canada, NATO, the US, and Germany, Frank Maas addresses the problems of defence policymaking within a multi-country alliance, and the opportunities and difficulties of Canadian defence procurement."-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- The 1964 white paper on defence : responding to a new strategic context
- The traditionalists at work : renegotiating NATO commitments in 1967
- Trudeau takes the reins : the triumph of the revisionists
- The summer of 1969 : consultations with allies
- The roots of the civil-military crisis : defence in the 1970s
- The scorpion and the centurion : the crisis intensifies
- Intra-alliance politics : reaching a compromise
- "From a Volkswagen Beetle to a Porsche" : the purchase of the Leopard.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Maas, Frank. Price of alliance.
- ISBN:
- 9780774835183
- 0774835184
- OCLC:
- 985071625
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