Canada Nato And The Bomb

Author : Erika Simpson
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2001-03-29
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780773568655

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NATO and the Bomb by Erika Simpson Pdf

Using a new conceptual framework, this study documents and analyses the underlying convictions of influential Canadians, explains why there were such varied degrees of support for NATO, and shows why different leaders either supported or rejected nuclear weapons and the stationing of the Canadian Forces in Europe. Examples taken from previously classified documents illustrate how the underlying convictions of leaders such as Prime Minister John Diefenbaker and Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau significantly shaped defence policy. Behind-the-scenes maneuvering and competing beliefs about nuclear weapons, deterrence strategy, and possible entrapment in a nuclear war led some to defend and others to criticize Canada's approach to both NATO and the bomb. Despite the technological ability and resources to develop its own nuclear weapons - or to acquire them from the United States - Canada ultimately chose not to become a nuclear power. Why did some Canadian leaders defend the nuclear option and urge the deployment of the Canadian Forces in Europe? Why did others condemn the country's nuclear commitments and call for an end to the arms race? Simpson shows that some leaders rejected prevailing American defence strategy and weapons systems to pursue alternative approaches to managing Canada's complex bilateral and multilateral defence relationships.

Author : Thomas F. Keating,Larry Pratt
Publisher : McClelland & Stewart
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : History
ISBN : 0888303327

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Canada, NATO, and the Bomb by Thomas F. Keating,Larry Pratt Pdf

Author : Sean M. Maloney
Publisher : Potomac Books, Inc.
Page : 611 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2011-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9781612342474

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Learning to Love the Bomb by Sean M. Maloney Pdf

In Learning to Love the Bomb, Sean M. Maloney explores the controversial subject of Canada's acquisition of nuclear weapons during the Cold War. Based on newly declassified Canadian and U.S. documents, it examines policy, strategy, operational, and technical matters and weaves these seemingly disparate elements into a compelling story that finally unlocks several Cold War mysteries. For example, while U.S. military forces during the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis were focused on the Caribbean Sea and the southeastern United States, Canadian forces assumed responsibility for defending the northern United States, with aircraft armed with nuclear depth charges flying patrols and guarding against missile attack by Soviet submarines. This defensive strategy was a closely guarded secret because it conflicted with Canada's image as a peacekeeper and therefore a more passive member of NATO than its ally to the south. It is revealed here for the first time. The place of nuclear weapons in Canadian history has, until now, been a highly secret and misunderstood field subject to rumor, rhetoric, half-truths, and propaganda. Learning to Love the Bomb reveals the truth about Canada's role as a nuclear power.

Author : Lyman L. Lemnitzer Center for NATO Studies,Centre on Foreign Policy and Federalism (Waterloo, Ont.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UCAL:B4232749

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Canada and NATO by Lyman L. Lemnitzer Center for NATO Studies,Centre on Foreign Policy and Federalism (Waterloo, Ont.) Pdf

Author : John Clearwater
Publisher : Dundurn
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1999-10
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781550023299

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U.S. Nuclear Weapons in Canada by John Clearwater Pdf

In a follow-up to Canadian Nuclear Weapons, the author brings together recently declassified information of nuclear weapons stored, stationed, or lost in Canada.

Author : John Gellner
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UCAL:B4965497

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Canada in NATO. by John Gellner Pdf

Author : Ernie Regehr,Simon Rosenblum
Publisher : James Lorimer & Company
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1988-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1550280392

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The Road to Peace by Ernie Regehr,Simon Rosenblum Pdf

In 1988, as the Berlin Wall began to quake and the United States and the Soviet Union prepared to slash their nuclear arsenals, Canada's government remained firmly tied to a Cold War vision of the world. In this book, Regehr and Rosenblum assessed the international strategic situation at the very moment that the superpowers' nuclear standoff began to melt away. Against the backdrop of significant undertakings to halt the drift towards annihilation, the authors' find much to criticize in Canadian defence policy: complicity in reckless American war-fighting strategies; undue adherence to organizations such as NATO and NORAD whose justifications were fast disappearing; a retrograde approach to defending Arctic sovereignty. The Road to Peace is a compelling document that vividly conveys the heady atmosphere of the Cold War's apogee.

Author : Robert Teigrob
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2009-05-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781442693258

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Warming Up to the Cold War by Robert Teigrob Pdf

When U.S. President Harry Truman asked his allies for military support in the Korean War, Canada's government, led by Prime Minister Louis St-Laurent, was reluctant. St-Laurent's government was forced to change its position however, when the Canadian populace, conditioned to significant degrees by the powerful influence of American media and culture, demanded a more vigorous response. Warming up to the Cold War shows how American cultural influence helped to undermine waning Canadian nationalism. Comparing Canadian and American responses to events such as the atomic bomb, the Gouzenko Affair, the creation of NATO, and the Korean War, Robert Teigrob traces the role that culture and public opinion played in shaping responses to international affairs. With penetrating political and cultural insight, he examines the Cold War consensus between the two countries to reveal the ways that Canada cited "home-grown" rationales to justify its increasing subservience to American strategy and posturing. Full of fascinating insights, Warming up the Cold War is essential reading for anyone interested in the Cold War, the role of culture in politics, and the history of U.S.-Canada relations.

Author : Melvin Conant
Publisher : New York : Published for the Council on Foreign Relations by Harper
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1962
Category : Canada
ISBN : UCAL:$B70011

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The Long Polar Watch by Melvin Conant Pdf

Review of effects of nuclear defense policy on Canadian national affairs and on strategic, economic and political aspects of U.S.-Canadian alliance.

Author : Lewis Hertzman,John W. Warnock,Thomas A. Hockin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : Canada
ISBN : UVA:X000383889

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Alliances and Illusions; Canada and the NATO-NORAD Question by Lewis Hertzman,John W. Warnock,Thomas A. Hockin Pdf

Author : Reginald Whitaker,Steve Hewitt
Publisher : Lorimer
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2003-10-19
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105121541945

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Canada and the Cold War by Reginald Whitaker,Steve Hewitt Pdf

Canada and the Cold War is a fascinating historical overview of a key period in Canadian history. The focus is on how Canada and Canadians responded to the Soviet Union -- and to America's demands on its northern neighbour.

Author : Andrew Paul Burtch
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : History
ISBN : 9780774822404

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Give Me Shelter by Andrew Paul Burtch Pdf

What do you do when a nuclear weapon detonates nearby? During the early Cold War years of 1945-63, Civil Defence Canada and the Emergency Measures Organization planned for just such a disaster and encouraged citizens to prepare their families and their cities for nuclear war. By the time of the Cuban Missile Crisis, the civil defence program was widely mocked, and the public was vastly unprepared for nuclear war. Canada’s civil defence program was born in the early Cold War, when fears of conflict between the superpowers ran high. Give Me Shelter features previously unreleased documents detailing Canada’s nuclear survival plans. Andrew Burtch reveals how the organization publicly appealed to citizens to prepare for disaster themselves -- from volunteering as air-raid wardens to building fallout shelters. This tactic ultimately failed, however, due to a skeptical populace, chronic underfunding, and repeated bureaucratic fumbling. Give Me Shelter exposes the challenges of educating the public in the face of the looming threat of nuclear annihilation. Give Me Shelter explains how governments and the public prepared for the unexpected. It is essential reading for historians, policymakers, and anybody interested in Canada’s Cold War home front.

Author : Isabel Campbell
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2013-11-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9780774825658

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Unlikely Diplomats by Isabel Campbell Pdf

In 1951, Canada sent troops to western Europe to support its NATO allies. The brigade helped Canada establish its international status. In private, however, Canadian officials and military leaders expressed grave doubts about NATO's strategies and operational plans. Despite these reservations, they sent military families overseas and implemented personnel policies that permanently changed the distribution of the defence budget and the character of the Canadian Army. This original account of the evolution of the Canadian Army from a small training cadre to a truly national force offers a new perspective on military policy and diplomacy in the Cold War era.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 6 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Electronic
ISBN : MINN:31951002919075O

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NATO Ministerial Meeting by Anonim Pdf

Author : Erika Simpson
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : History
ISBN : 0773521186

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NATO and the Bomb by Erika Simpson Pdf

Annotation Employing previously classified Cabinet minutes, memoranda, letters, diaries, drafts of speeches, and other documents, Simpson (political science, U. of Western Ontario) analyzes the underlying beliefs and assumptions of high-level policymakers responsible for shaping Canada's approach to NATO in the cold war years. For over 30 years, two conflicting belief systems--the "defenders" and the "critics"--Significantly influenced Canada's shifting defense policy, particularly in the areas of nuclear weapons acquisitions and Canadian troop contributions to Europe. Simpson's analysis helps explain contemporary defense decisions and Canada's fluctuating attitudes toward NATO, which have puzzled Americans and Europeans. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).