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category: History
published: Oct 2014
ISBN:9780774827058
publisher: UBC Press

In Peace Prepared

Innovation and Adaptation in Canada’s Cold War Army

by Andrew B. Godefroy

tagged: canada, post-confederation (1867-), security (national & international)
Description

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. This book examines what Canada's Cold War Army did to prepare for nuclear war — and why and how it did it. Although the war never materialized, officers, scientists, engineers, and designers developed a collaborative and systematic approach to problem solving that not only transformed the organization of Canada's army but also influenced how armies in the Western Alliance related to one another during the Cold War and beyond.

About the Author

Andrew B. Godefroy

Contributor Notes

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).

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