In Peace Prepared: Innovation and Adaptation in Canada’s Cold War Army
Andrew B. Godefroy
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Description for In Peace Prepared: Innovation and Adaptation in Canada’s Cold War Army
Hardback. This book explores how the Canadian Army prepared for the possibility of a Third World War and how its innovations and adaptations laid the groundwork for the evolution of our national army. Series: Studies in Canadian Military History. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW; HBTW; HBW; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
The Allies claimed victory at the end of the Second World War, but the United States’ invention of the atomic bomb and its replication by the Soviet Union posed new dangers for all nations. In Peace Prepared examines what Canada’s Cold War Army did to prepare for war – and why and how it did it.
Although a Third World War never happened, army officers supported by a large civilian defence workforce of scientists, engineers, and designers responded aggressively to the challenges presented by the possibility of nuclear attack. Through innovation and adaptation, they developed a collaborative and systematic approach to ... Read more
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Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press
Condition
New
Series
Studies in Canadian Military History
Number of Pages
292
Place of Publication
Vancouver, Canada
ISBN
9780774827027
SKU
V9780774827027
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99-1
About Andrew B. Godefroy
Andrew B. Godefroy is a strategic analyst and historian with the Canadian Army, editor-in-chief of the Canadian Army Journal, and the author of Defence and Discovery: Canada’s Military Space Program, 1945-74 (UBC Press, 2011).
Reviews for In Peace Prepared: Innovation and Adaptation in Canada’s Cold War Army
… this is a book that matters, and it should be read widely.
Galen Roger Perras, University of Ottawa
Canadian Historical Review
…by stressing the evolution of Canadian Army strategic thinking and institutional development as well as what the Canadian Army did to be successful on the new conventional-nuclear battlefield during the first two decades of the ... Read more
Galen Roger Perras, University of Ottawa
Canadian Historical Review
…by stressing the evolution of Canadian Army strategic thinking and institutional development as well as what the Canadian Army did to be successful on the new conventional-nuclear battlefield during the first two decades of the ... Read more