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Learning to love the bomb : Canada's nuclear weapons during the Cold War / Sean M. Maloney.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Maloney, Sean M., 1967- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Nuclear weapons--Canada.
- Nuclear weapons.
- Cold War.
- Canada--Military policy.
- Canada.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (498 p.)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : Potomac Books, Inc., [2011]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Avoiding Armageddon, Canadian-style
- 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.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 447-458) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-61234-247-7
- OCLC:
- 755582277
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