| Cold War Fighters: Canadian Aircraft Procurement, 1945-54 Contributor(s): Wakelam, Randall (Author) |
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ISBN: 0774821485 ISBN-13: 9780774821483 Publisher: University of British Columbia Press OUR PRICE: $103.95 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Canada - Post-confederation (1867-) - History | Military - Canada - Political Science | Political Freedom |
| Dewey: 358.416 |
| Series: Studies in Canadian Military History |
| Physical Information: 208 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Canadian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The cancellation of the CF-105 Arrow in 1959 holds such a grip on the Canadian imagination that earlier developments in defence procurement remain obscure. Randall Wakelam corrects this oversight - and offers fresh insight on the AVRO saga and contemporary procurement issues - by revealing how cabinet ministers, chiefs of staff, and air marshals negotiated competing pressures to arm the air force, please allies, and save money during a decade when Canada's air force was growing by leaps and bounds. The result was the CF-100 Canuck and the F-86 Sabre, Canada's front-line defensive aircraft in the coldest years of the Cold War. |