Dilemmas in defence decision-making : constructing Canada's role in NORAD, 1958-96
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Dilemmas in defence decision-making : constructing Canada's role in NORAD, 1958-96
(International political economy series)
Macmillan , St. Martin's Press, 1998
- : uk
- : us
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-245) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
The Cold War produced a matrix of Canadian/US extra-governmental military and economic relationships which significantly shaped Canadian political decision-making as it related to the defence of the continent under the auspices of the North American Air/Aerospace Defence Agreement (NORAD). In the post-cold War era, these relationships continue to effectively support a traditional security agenda for the Canadian government. The rewritten NORAD Agreement, signed in March 1996, is the vehicle for Canadian participation in US missile defence programs worldwide. Paying particular attention to the decisions to adopt a nuclear weapons role for Canada's continental air defence forces, to test the US air-lunched cruise missile in the Canadian North, and to become increasingly involved in active missile and space-based defence programs, the author examines: * the Cold War construction of Canadian/US military and economic relationships * the effects of these relationships on political decision-making * the public discourse as a site of alternative understandings of Canada's role in the Cold War. Ann Denholm Crosby provides a challenging analysis of Canadian defence decision-making in both its Cold war and post-Cold War contexts.
Table of Contents
List of Tables and Map Acknowledgements List of Acronyms Introduction: Considering Contradictions The Origins of NORAD: Institutionalizing Canadian/US Military Cooperation Canada's Nuclear Weapons: The Relations of Military Cooperation Constructing an Aerospace Defence Mandate: 1958-1981 Active Missile and Space-Based Defence Programs: 1981-96 Constructing an Economic Context for NORAD Decision-Making The Relations of Defence Production Sharing: Decision-Making in the 1980s and 90s The Public Discourse I: The 1950s and 60s The Public Discourse II: From 'Post-Cold War' to Post-Cold War Into the Twenty First Century Selected Bibliography Index
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