LEADER 03713nam 2200745Ia 450 001 9910823635103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-7748-5036-1 010 $a1-283-12980-9 010 $a9786613129802 024 7 $a10.59962/9780774850360 035 $a(CKB)2550000000046666 035 $a(OCoLC)80218625 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10055986 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000381717 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11297275 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000381717 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10383027 035 $a(PQKB)10651711 035 $a(CaPaEBR)404043 035 $a(CaBNvSL)jme00324043 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3411981 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10055986 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL312980 035 $a(OCoLC)923440335 035 $a(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/bpmmvc 035 $a(schport)gibson_crkn/2009-12-01/2/404043 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3411981 035 $a(DE-B1597)661963 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780774850360 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3241469 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000046666 100 $a20011026d2002 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aAvoiding Armageddon $eCanadian military strategy and nuclear weapons, 1950-63 /$fAndrew Richter 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aVancouver $cUBC Press$d2002 215 $a1 online resource (224 p.) 225 1 $aStudies in Canadian military history,$x1499-6251 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-7748-0888-8 311 $a0-7748-0889-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aThe defense and security environment, 1945-9 -- Canada's air defense debate -- Canadian views on nuclear weapons and related issues of strategy -- The Canadian debate on the acquisition of nuclear weapons -- Canadian conceptual understanding of arms control -- Links between Canadian strategic thinking and defence policy, 1950-63. 330 $aThe advent of nuclear weapons in the 1940s brought enormous changes to doctrines regarding the use of force in resolving disputes. American strategists have been widely credited with most of these; Canadians, most have assumed, did not conduct their own strategic analysis. Avoiding Armageddon soundly debunks this notion. Drawing on previously classified government records, Richter reveals that Canadian defence officials did come to independent strategic understandings of the most critical issues of the nuclear age. Canadian appreciation of deterrence, arms control, and strategic stability differed conceptually from the US models. Similarly, Canadian thinking on the controversial issues of air defence and the domestic acquisition of nuclear weapons was primarily influenced by decidedly Canadian interests. Avoiding Armageddon is a work with far-reaching implications. It illustrates Canada's considerable latitude for independent defence thinking while providing key historical information that helps make sense of the contemporary Canadian defence debate. 410 0$aStudies in Canadian military history. 606 $aNuclear weapons$xGovernment policy$zCanada$xHistory 606 $aArms control$xGovernment policy$zCanada 607 $aCanada$xStrategic aspects 607 $aCanada$xMilitary policy 615 0$aNuclear weapons$xGovernment policy$xHistory. 615 0$aArms control$xGovernment policy 676 $a355/.033071 700 $aRichter$b Andrew$f1965-$01668895 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910823635103321 996 $aAvoiding Armageddon$94029834 997 $aUNINA