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Frontier Science : Northern Canada, Military Research, and the Cold War, 1945-1970.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wiseman, Matthew.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Military research--Canada, Northern--History--20th century.
- Military research.
- Cold War.
- Northern Canada.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (327 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- University of Toronto Press 2024
- Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 2024.
- Summary:
- Frontier Scienceexplores the shadowy world of military research and the consequences of employing science to conquer nature in northern Canada during the Cold War.
- Contents:
- Scientists, War, and Canada's Northern Frontier
- Fort Churchill and Defence Research Northern Laboratory
- Acclimatization, Cold Tolerance, and Biochemical Experimentation
- Entomology, Insect Control, and Biological Warfare
- The Changing Science of Arctic Warfare
- Operation Hazen and the International Geophysical Year
- Nuclear Fallout and the Northern Radiation Study
- Reflections on Northern Canada, Military Research, and the Cold War.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9781487519636
- 148751963X
- 9781487519629
- 1487519621
- OCLC:
- 1406770487
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