Essence of indecision
Subtitle: Diefenbaker's nuclear policy, 1957-1963
By: Patricia I. McMahon
Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press; Mcgill Queens Univ Pr
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Montreal
Language: eng
Number of pages: 246
ISBN-13: 9780773534988
Subjects: Politics and government; Nuclear weapons; Government policy; Relations extérieures; Histoire; Politique et gouvernement; Politique gouvernementale; Armes nucléaires; Foreign relations; History
Description: xviii, 246 p. ; 24 cm
Notes: Includes bibliographical references ([179] - 223) and index.
Table of contents: title: 1. The Conservatives return to power, 1957-1958; title: 2. Diefenbaker and defence policy, 1958-I959; title: 3. Canada's nuclear policy takes shape, 1959-1960; title: 4. A period of transition, 1960-1961; title: 5. Nuclear negotiations and the 1962 federal election; title: 6. To the brink and beyond : the Cuban Missile Crisis and Canada's nuclear policy.