Cold War Fighters: Canadian Aircraft Procurement, 1945-54 - Couverture souple

Wakelam, Randall

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0774821493 ISBN 13 : 9780774821490

Editeur : University of British Columbia Press, 2012

Synopsis

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.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Colonel (ret'd) Randall Wakelam, PhD, teachesmilitary history and leadership at the Royal Military College of Canadaand is author of The Science of Bombing: Operational Research inRAF Bomber Command. A pilot in his service career, he also workedin aircraft procurement.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of British Columbia Press
• Date d'édition: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0774821493
• ISBN 13: 9780774821490
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 208
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• Personne responsable: non disponible