Two-Edged Sword

Two-Edged Sword
Author: Nicholas Tracy
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Total Pages: 498
Release: 2012
Genre: History
ISBN: 0773540512

An examination of the Royal Canadian Navy and its promotion of sovereignty through collective defence.

Lock, Stock, and Icebergs

Lock, Stock, and Icebergs
Author: Adam Lajeunesse
Publisher: UBC Press
Total Pages: 421
Release: 2016-01-15
Genre: History
ISBN: 0774831111

In 1988, after years of failed negotiations over the status of the Northwest Passage, Brian Mulroney gave Ronald Reagan a globe, pointed to the Arctic, and said “Ron that’s ours. We own it lock, stock, and icebergs.” A simple statement, it summed up a hundred years of official policy. Since the nineteenth century, Canadian governments have claimed ownership of the land and the icy passageways that make up the Arctic Archipelago. Unfortunately for Ottawa, many countries – including the United States – still do not recognize these as internal Canadian waters. Crucial to understanding the complex nature of Canadian Arctic sovereignty is an understanding of its history. Lock, Stock, and Icebergs draws on recently declassified Canadian and American archival material to chart the origins and development of Canadian Arctic maritime policy. Uncovering decades of internal policy debates, secret negotiations with the United States, and long-classified joint-defence projects, Adam Lajeunesse traces the circuitous history of Canada’s Arctic maritime sovereignty.

The Chatter Box

The Chatter Box
Author: Roy Rempel
Publisher: Dundurn
Total Pages: 251
Release: 2003-01-01
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1770701370

"Parliament, where the potential to defend ourselves ought to be debated and ultimately decided, has become irrelevant talk-shop ... The Chatter Box is essential reading." - Peter C. Newman, author and columnist

Operation Friction 1990-1991

Operation Friction 1990-1991
Author: Jean H. Morin
Publisher: Dundurn
Total Pages: 325
Release: 1997-04-07
Genre: History
ISBN: 1459713338

This official account of the crisis in the Persian Gulf traces the Canadian Forces commitment to the Gulf region in response to Iraqi aggression in 1990-1991. Written by two officers who served in the Persian Gulf during the period of hostilities in 1991, this official account is the fruit of four years of detailed research. Based upon their personal experiences, numerous interviews, and unrestricted access to official papers, they have produced a candid account of value for both the military professional and the interested civilian. In January 1991, the Chief of Defence Staff authorized the Director of History to post Major Jean Morin as field historian to the staff of the Commander, Canadian Forces Middle East (Commodore Ken Summers). It was the first time since the Korean War that a historical officer had been posted to the staff of a Canadian commander overseas.

New Serial Titles

New Serial Titles
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1344
Release: 1998
Genre: Periodicals
ISBN:

A union list of serials commencing publication after Dec. 31, 1949.

The Chatter Box

The Chatter Box
Author: Roy Rempel
Publisher: Dundurn
Total Pages: 251
Release: 2003
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1550024256

"Parliament, where the potential to defend ourselves ought to be debated and ultimately decided, has become irrelevant talk-shop ... The Chatter Box is essential reading." - Peter C. Newman, author and columnist

The Politics of Procurement

The Politics of Procurement
Author: Aaron Plamondon
Publisher: UBC Press
Total Pages: 291
Release: 2010-07-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 0774859105

In 1993, Canada’s Liberal Party cancelled an order to replace the Sea King maritime helicopter. The Liberals claimed the Tory plan was too expensive, but the cancellation itself actually cost taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars. The incident drew public attention to the waste in Canada’s defence spending and to the under-equipped state of its military. Aaron Plamondon ties the bungled attempts to replace the Sea King – before and since 1993 – to the evolution of the weapons procurement process in Canada since Confederation. He reveals that partisan politics, rather than a desire to increase the military’s capabilities, has driven the nation’s policy-makers.

Escott Reid

Escott Reid
Author: Greg Donaghy
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Total Pages: 160
Release: 2004-11-16
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0773571957

Jack Granatstein introduces Reid and the forces that shaped his progressive idealism in the 1920s and 1930s. Hector Mackenzie assesses Reid's contribution to the creation of the United Nations in the mid-1940s, while David Haglund and Stéphane Roussel examine Reid's crucial role in the negotiations to establish the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Greg Donaghy, Bruce Muirhead, and Alyson King write, respectively, about Reid as high commissioner to India, as an important influence on World Bank policy in the early 1960s, and, finally, as founding principal of York University's Glendon College.