The Nuclear North
Histories of Canada in the Atomic Age
Series: The C.D. Howe Series in Canadian Political History;
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Product details:
- Publisher University of British Columbia Press
- Date of Publication 1 October 2020
- ISBN 9780774863971
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages266 pages
- Size 229x152 mm
- Weight 540 g
- Language English 100
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Long description:
Since the first atomic weapon was detonated in 1945, Canadians have debated not only the role of nuclear power in their uranium-rich land but also their country's role in a nuclear world.
The Nuclear North investigates critical questions in these ongoing debates. Should Canada belong to international alliances that depend on the threat of using nuclear weapons for their own security? Should Canadian-produced nuclear technologies be exported to potential proliferators? Does the country's championing of arms control and disarmament on the global stage matter? What about the domestic costs of nuclear technologies and atomic research, including their impact on local communities and the environment?
The contributors to this important collection consider how the atomic age has shaped Canadian policies at home and abroad. Their incisive assessment of the country's nuclear history engages with much larger debates about national identity, Canadian foreign policy contradictions during the Cold War, and Canada's place in the international order.
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Foreword / Robert Bothwell
Introduction: Nuclear if Necessary, but Not Necessarily Nuclear / Susan Colbourn
Part 1: A Seat at the Table
1 Very Close Together: Balancing Canadian Interests on Atomic Energy Control, 1945–46 / Katie Davis
2 ""We Do Not Wish to Be Obstructionist"": How Canada Took and Kept a Seat on NATO's Nuclear Planning Group / Timothy Andrews Sayle
Part 2: Political Powderkegs
3 Howard Green, Disarmament, and Canadian-American Defence Relations, 1959–63: ""A Queer, Confused World"" / Michael D. Stevenson
4 Neutralism, Nationalism, and Nukes, Oh My! Revisiting Peacemaker or Powder-Monkey and Canadian Strategy in the Nuclear Age / Asa McKercher
5 The Road to Scarborough: Lester Pearson and Nuclear Weapons, 1954–63 / Jack Cunningham
Part 3: In Search of Nuclear Tasks at Home and Abroad
6 Who's Going to Invade Arctic Canada, Anyway? Debating the Acquisition of the Nuclear Submarine in the 1980s / Susan Colbourn
7 ""Baptism by Fire"": Canadian Soldiers and Radiation Exposure at Nevada and Maralinga / Matthew S. Wiseman
Part 4: Importing by Accident, Exporting by Design
8 A Northern Nuclear Nightmare? Operation Morning Light and the Recovery of Cosmos 954 in the Northwest Territories, 1978 / Ryan Dean and P. Whitney Lackenbauer
9 Strengthening Nuclear Safeguards: The Transformation of Canada's Nuclear Policy towards Argentina and South Korea after India's 1974 Nuclear Test / Se Young Jang
Conclusion: Nuclear Victorians / Timothy Andrews Sayle
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