Silent Partners - The Origins and Influence of Canada’s Military-Industrial Complex

Silent Partners delves into the shadowy world of security and national defence to shine a light on the influence they hold in Canadian society.

List of contents

Introduction: A Canadian Military-Industrial Complex? / Alex Souchen and Matthew S. Wiseman
Part 1: Origins and Environments
1 Victory at All Costs: Canada's Munitions Industry and the Environment during the Second World War / Alex Souchen
2 Military Dispossession: Alberta's Suffield Experimental Station, 1939-47 / Brandon Davis
Part 2: Ethics and Experts
3 The Human Sciences at Downsview: Military Research in Cold War Toronto / Matthew S. Wiseman and Matthew Farish
4 In Pursuit of Security: Canada's Defence Research Board and Sensory Deprivation Research, 1950s-1970s / Meghan Fitzpatrick
Part 3: Politics and Procurement
5 The Honest (Arms) Broker: Promoting the Military-Industrial Complex during the Golden Age of Canadian Foreign Policy / Asa McKercher
6 "This Seems Pie in the Sky and Most Unlikely": The Origins of General Dynamics Land Systems-Canada / Frank Maas
7 The Royal Canadian Air Force and the Military-Industrial Complex: A Figment of the Imagination / Randall Wakelam
Conclusion: "Insurance for Peace" / Matthew S. Wiseman
Index

About the author

Edited by Alex Souchen and Matthew S. Wiseman

Product details

• Assisted by: Alex Souchen (Editor), Matthew S. Wiseman (Editor)
• Publisher: University of British Columbia Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 24.11.2023, delayed
• EAN: 9780774868952
• ISBN: 978-0-7748-6895-2
• No. of pages: 244
• Weight: 480 g
• Illustrations: 7 b&w photos, 2 maps
• Series: Studies in Canadian Military History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous