Learning to Love the Bomb: Canada's Nuclear Weapons During the Cold War
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Book Description
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.
From the Publisher
Offers controversial data and conclusions about Canada's management of nuclear weapons and of its image on the world stage; Examines the successful Canadian attempts to blackmail the United STates into giving Canada nuclear weapons without controls in 1959; Reveals that during the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962, Canadian government elected officials did not know that Canadian Air Force unites mounted nuclear weapons on their delivery systems; Based on newly declassified Canadian and U.S. documents from the 1950s and 1960s.
Learning to Love the Bomb: Canada's Nuclear Weapons During the Cold War
Learning to Love the Bomb: Canada's Nuclear Weapons During the Cold War,Sean Maloney,Potomac Books,1574886169,Canada - General,Canada - Post-Confederation (1867-),History,History - General History,Military,Military - Nuclear Warfare,American history: postwar, from c 1945 -,Canada,History / Canada,Nuclear weapons,Postwar period, 1945 to c 2000
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