LEADER 04386nam 2200757 450 001 9910455951603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-03994-6 010 $a9786612039942 010 $a1-4426-8231-0 024 7 $a10.3138/9781442682313 035 $a(CKB)2420000000004487 035 $a(OCoLC)244767014 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10200882 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000309011 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11225448 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000309011 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10267651 035 $a(PQKB)11223281 035 $a(CaPaEBR)417827 035 $a(CaBNvSL)thg00600753 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3251327 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4672157 035 $a(DE-B1597)465032 035 $a(OCoLC)1013942798 035 $a(OCoLC)954123661 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781442682313 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4672157 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11257837 035 $a(OCoLC)815769240 035 $a(EXLCZ)992420000000004487 100 $a20160922h19981998 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe science of war $eCanadian scientists and Allied military technology during the Second World War /$fDonald H. Avery 210 1$aToronto, [Ontario] ;$aBuffalo, [New York] ;$aLondon, [England] :$cUniversity of Toronto Press,$d1998. 210 4$dİ1998 215 $a1 online resource (439 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-8020-5996-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tPreface -- $tAbbreviations -- $tIntroduction -- $t1. Canada's Defence Scientists: Organizing for War, 1938-1940 -- $t2. Building the Defence Science Alliance, 1940-1943 -- $t3. Radar Research and Allied Cooperation, 1940-1945 -- $t4. Weapons Systems: Proximity Fuses and RDX -- $t5. Chemical Warfare Planning, 1939-1945 -- $t6. Canadian Biological and Toxin Warfare Research: Development and Planning, 1939-1945 -- $t7. Atomic Research: The Montreal Laboratory, 1942-1946 -- $t8. Secrets, Security, and Spies, 1939-1945 -- $t9. Scientists, National Security, and the Cold War -- $tConclusion -- $tAPPENDIX 1: Major Military, Political, and Scientific Events -- $tAPPENDIX 2: Brief Biographical Sketches -- $tNotes -- $tBibliography -- $tIllustration Credits -- $tIndex 330 $aThe Second World War, with its emphasis on innovative weapons and defence technology, brought about massive changes in the role of scientists in Canada, the United States, and Great Britain. Canadian scientists, working through the auspices of the National Research Council and the Department of National Defence, made important contributions to the development of alliance warfare. Before 1939, Canada had only a minute military establishment and a limited industrial and academic capacity for research and development. With the outbreak of war, all this changed dramatically. This book explains how and why Canada was able to play in the big leagues of military technology, including the development of radar, RDX explosives, proximity fuses, chemical and biological warfare, and the atomic bomb. It also investigates the evolution of the Canadian national security state, which attempted to protect defence secrets both from the Axis powers and from Canada's wartime ally, the Soviet Union. The Science of War provides both a cross-disciplinary overview of the scientific and military activity of this period in several countries and a fascinating analysis of what the author calls 'Big Science' in Canada. 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xScience$zCanada 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xTechnology 606 $aMilitary research$zCanada$xHistory 606 $aMilitary weapons$zCanada$xHistory 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$zCanada 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945$xScience 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945$xTechnology. 615 0$aMilitary research$xHistory. 615 0$aMilitary weapons$xHistory. 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945 676 $a940.548 700 $aAvery$b Donald$f1938-$01054432 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910455951603321 996 $aThe science of war$92487006 997 $aUNINA