Price of Alliance

The Politics and Procurement of Leopard Tanks for Canada's NATO Brigade

AvFrank Maas

Inbunden, Engelska, 2017

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For forty years during the Cold War, Canada garrisoned troops and tanks near the Iron Curtain. In the late 1960s, Pierre Trudeau announced plans to remove these tanks and focus on home defence, but allies resisted this decision. After six years of overt and subtle pressures, Trudeau was at last convinced that Canadian tanks in Europe were necessary to support foreign policy objectives, and the Leopard tanks, purchased in 1976, symbolized an increased Canadian commitment to NATO.Drawing on interviews and records from Canada, NATO, the US, and Germany, The Price of Alliance tells the story of the purchase, balancing high politics with military requirements in the first major reappraisal of Trudeau's defence policy. Frank Maas illuminates the problem of defence policymaking in a multi-country alliance as well as the opportunities and difficulties of defence procurement. At the same time, he challenges the relevance of NATO to Canada – and the influence that Canada wields within it.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2017-11-01
Mått:152 x 229 x undefined mm
Vikt:400 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Studies in Canadian Military History
Antal sidor:188
Förlag:University of British Columbia Press
ISBN:9780774835183

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Frank Maas teaches in the School of Language and Liberal Studies at Fanshawe College, and also works at a factory which paints armoured vehicles.

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This is a solid work based on extensive research. There is much new material presented that historians will want to access. It is also well-written for the general reader and underscores the fact that the light/heavy debate continues into the present given recent controversies over yet another Leopard tank and the associated Close Combat Vehicle - Dr. Peter Kasurak (CDA Institue Website)

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction1 The 1964 White Paper on Defence: Responding to a New Strategic Context2 The Traditionalists at Work: Renegotiating NATO Commitments in 19673 Trudeau Takes the Reins: The Triumph of the Revisionists4 The Summer of 1969: Consultations with Allies5 The Revisionists Assert Control: Defence in the 70s6 The Scorpion and the Centurion: The Nadir of the Civil Military Crisis7 Tanks, Trade, and Strategy: Trudeau Relents8 "From a Beetle to a Porsche": The Purchase of the LeopardConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex