Avoiding Armageddon - Canadian Military Strategy and Nuclear Weapons, 1950-1963

Andrew Richter is Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science, University of Windsor.

Sommario

Preface
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

Info autore

Andrew Richter is Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science, University of Windsor.

Riassunto

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.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Andrew Richter
• Editore: University of British Columbia Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 15.10.2002
• EAN: 9780774808880
• ISBN: 978-0-7748-0888-0
• Pagine: 224
• Peso: 481 g
• Serie: Studies in Canadian Military History; Studies in Canadian Military H; Studies in Canadian Military History; Studies in Canadian Military H
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Politica e sua amministrazione