Sovereignty or Security? : Government Policy in the Canadian North, 1936-1950.

Intro -- Contents -- Photo Credits -- Illustrations -- Figures and Maps -- Tables -- Foreword -- Preface -- 1 A Historical Perspective, 1867-1930 -- 2 The Depression Years, 1930-1939 -- 3 The Ottawa Scene, 1939-1941 -- 4 The Northward Winds of War, 1941-1942 -- 5 The Army of Occupation, 1943-1944 -- 6 Pressures for Change, 1943-1945 -- 7 Sovereignty, Stewardship, or Security, 1945-1947 -- 8 New Leadership and New Directions, 1947-1949 -- 9 The Military North, 1948-1950 -- 10 Patterns and Priorities -- Appendices -- A: Ministerial and Civil Service Changes, 1940-1950 -- B: Founding Members of the Arctic Institute of North America -- C: "Opening the Alaska Highway -- D: Excerpts from Reports of the United Kingdom High Commissioner to Canada -- E: Major-General William Foster's Thirty-Third Recommendation -- F: Excerpts from Documents Leading to the Mutual Defence Announcement, February 1947 -- G: "Problems in Canadian-United States Cooperation in the Arctic -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.

Explores the numerous and diverse influences responsible for the dramatic change in northern policies during the 1940s and their subsequent impact on the Yukon and Northwest Territories.

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