Title: The price of alliance : the politics and procurement of Leopard tanks for Canada's NATO brigade /
Authors: Maas, Frank,
Year: 2017
Subjects: Canada. Procurement History; North Atlantic Treaty Organization Canada History; North Atlantic Treaty Organization Europe History; Leopard (Tank) History; Canada Military relations Europe History; Europe Military relations Canada History; Canada Military policy.; Europe Military policy.
Abstract: "The first major reappraisal of Pierre Trudeau's controversial defence policy, The Price of Alliance uses the 1976 procurement of Leopard tanks for Canada's troops in Europe to shed light on Canada's relationship with NATO. After six years of pressure from Canada's allies, Trudeau was convinced that Canadian tanks in Europe were necessary to support foreign policy objectives, and the tanks symbolized an increased Canadian commitment to NATO. Drawing on interviews and records from Canada, NATO, the US, and Germany, Frank Maas addresses the problems of defence policymaking within a multi-country alliance, and the opportunities and difficulties of Canadian defence procurement."--
Contents: The 1964 white paper on defence : responding to a new strategic context -- The traditionalists at work : renegotiating NATO commitments in 1967 -- Trudeau takes the reins : the triumph of the revisionists -- The summer of 1969 : consultations with allies -- The roots of the civil-military crisis : defence in the 1970s -- The scorpion and the centurion : the crisis intensifies -- Intra-alliance politics : reaching a compromise -- "From a Volkswagen Beetle to a Porsche" : the purchase of the Leopard.