Avoiding Armageddon : Canadian Military Strategy and Nuclear Weapons, 1950-1963.
Richter, Andrew.
Avoiding Armageddon : Canadian Military Strategy and Nuclear Weapons, 1950-1963. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (224 pages) - Studies in Canadian Military History Series . - Studies in Canadian Military History Series .
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Avoiding Armageddon -- Introduction -- 1 The Defence and Security Environment, 1945- 9 -- 2 Canada's Air Defence Debate -- 3 Canadian Views on Nuclear Weapons and Related Issues of Strategy -- 4 The Canadian Debate on the Acquisition of Nuclear Weapons -- 5 Canadian Conceptual Understanding of Arms Control -- 6 Links between Canadian Strategic Thinking and Defence Policy, 1950- 63 -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index.
An examination of Canadian military thinking on key issues of the nuclear age, such as deterrence, arms control, strategic stability, air defence, and the domestic acquisition of nuclear weapons.
9780774850360
Nuclear weapons -- Government policy -- Canada -- History.
Arms control -- Government policy -- Canada.
Canada -- Strategic aspects.
Canada -- Military policy.
Electronic books.
UA600 -- .R53 2002eb
355/.033071
Avoiding Armageddon : Canadian Military Strategy and Nuclear Weapons, 1950-1963. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (224 pages) - Studies in Canadian Military History Series . - Studies in Canadian Military History Series .
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Avoiding Armageddon -- Introduction -- 1 The Defence and Security Environment, 1945- 9 -- 2 Canada's Air Defence Debate -- 3 Canadian Views on Nuclear Weapons and Related Issues of Strategy -- 4 The Canadian Debate on the Acquisition of Nuclear Weapons -- 5 Canadian Conceptual Understanding of Arms Control -- 6 Links between Canadian Strategic Thinking and Defence Policy, 1950- 63 -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index.
An examination of Canadian military thinking on key issues of the nuclear age, such as deterrence, arms control, strategic stability, air defence, and the domestic acquisition of nuclear weapons.
9780774850360
Nuclear weapons -- Government policy -- Canada -- History.
Arms control -- Government policy -- Canada.
Canada -- Strategic aspects.
Canada -- Military policy.
Electronic books.
UA600 -- .R53 2002eb
355/.033071