NATO and the Bomb 1st Edition by Erika Simpson ISBN 0773568654 9780773568655

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ISBN 10: 0773568654

ISBN 13: 9780773568655

Author:  Erika Simpson 

NATO and the Bomb 1st Edition: Using a new conceptual framework, this study documents and analyses the underlying convictions of influential Canadians, explains why there were such varied degrees of support for NATO, and shows why different leaders either supported or rejected nuclear weapons and the stationing of the Canadian Forces in Europe. Examples taken from previously classified documents illustrate how the underlying convictions of leaders such as Prime Minister John Diefenbaker and Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau significantly shaped defence policy. Behind-the-scenes maneuvering and competing beliefs about nuclear weapons, deterrence strategy, and possible entrapment in a nuclear war led some to defend and others to criticize Canada’s approach to both NATO and the bomb. Despite the technological ability and resources to develop its own nuclear weapons – or to acquire them from the United States – Canada ultimately chose not to become a nuclear power. Why did some Canadian leaders defend the nuclear option and urge the deployment of the Canadian Forces in Europe? Why did others condemn the country’s nuclear commitments and call for an end to the arms race? Simpson shows that some leaders rejected prevailing American defence strategy and weapons systems to pursue alternative approaches to managing Canada’s complex bilateral and multilateral defence relationships.

 

NATO and the Bomb 1st Edition Table of contents:

• Chapter one Canada’s NATO commitments during the Cold War
• Chapter two Canadian belief systems in context
• Chapter three The belief systems of defenders: general patterns between 1963 and 1989
• Chapter four The belief systems of critics: general patterns between 1963 and 1989
• Chapter five A case study: the Diefenbaker government’s shifting NATO commitments, 1957–1963
• Chapter six The traditional beliefs and assumptions of defenders, 1957–1963
• Chapter seven The original beliefs of critics and the onset of new ways of thinking, 1957–1963
• Chapter eight The root causes of confrontation: reasons for defenders’ and critics’ belief systems, 1930s to 1980s

 

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