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Cold War Fighters RCAF Royal Canadian Air Force Military Canada Used Book
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- Three Hills Books
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Topic
- RCAF
- ISBN
- 9780774821490
- Publication Name
- Cold War Fighters : Canadian Aircraft Procurement, 1945-54
- Item Length
- 9in
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press
- Publication Year
- 2012
- Series
- Studies in Canadian Military History Ser.
- Type
- Textbook
- Item Height
- 0.5in
- Item Width
- 6in
- Item Weight
- 11.3 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 208 Pages
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The mysterious cancellation in 1959 of the CF-105 Arrow, Canada's state-of-the-art interceptor aircraft, holds such a strong grip on the imagination of Canadians that earlier developments in defence procurement remain in the shadows. Randall Wakelam corrects this oversight - and demystifies aspects of the AVRO saga - by weaving together a compelling account of high-level decision making and the daily activities of the military between 1945 and 1954, a decade when Canada's air force was expanding rapidly to meet the Soviet threat. During these years, the cabinet, chiefs of staff, and air marshals were forced to negotiate competing pressures to arm the air force, please allies, and save money. Their decisions resulted in the CF-100 Canuck and the F-86 Sabre, Canada's front-line defensive aircraft in the coldest years of the Cold War. Although historians assume that the Arrow came on the heels of these successes, Wakelam reveals that neither the air force nor the government believed that AVRO was up to manufacturing even the CF-100 Canuck on budget. By shining new light on an unexplored aspect of Canadian history, Wakelam also offers fresh insight into current procurement issues, including the government's decision to purchase the F-35 fighter.
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Publisher
University of British Columbia Press
ISBN-10
0774821493
ISBN-13
9780774821490
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117289833
Product Key Features
Publication Name
Cold War Fighters : Canadian Aircraft Procurement, 1945-54
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Publication Year
2012
Series
Studies in Canadian Military History Ser.
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
208 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9in
Item Height
0.5in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
11.3 Oz
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Cold War Fighters confronts the reality of a nation that aspired to great technological advancements in the air and how it dealt with its limitations rooted in the lack of experience designing and producing advanced military platforms. Wakelam is able to properly instill feelings in the reader that range from enthusiasm at Canada's successes and frustration caused by the industrial failures that hindered the potential to become a world renowned producer of jet aircraft., "The two fighter aircraft featured in Cold War Fighters still interest scholars and airmen worldwide. The Orenda-powered Canadair Sabre reached iconic status at the time, and the CF-100 attracts attention not only because of its capabilities, but also because of its all-Canadian designed-and-built pedigree. Wakelam has mined entirely new territory in his compelling history, which should be read by all serious aviation and air historians." - Carl Christie, author of Ocean Bridge: The History of RAF Ferry Command, Very readable and well-researched...Wakelam has made an important contribution to the historiography of the Canadian aircraft industry and the institutional history of the RCAF. By providing the context, analysis, and research strength that was lacking in previous non-scholarly publications on Canadian air force procurement, Cold War Fighters succeeds in bridging the gap between academic and popular history., Wakelam uses his previous experience in the Air Force and within the aircraft procurement environment to contextualize the archival material he has unearthed to render an exceptional examination of aircraft procurement that is as relevant today as during the 1950s.
Table of Content
1 An Air-Minded Middle Power 2 Planning for Peace 3 International and Industrial Alliances 4 Caught Flat-Footed 5 Facing the Threat in Earnest 6 And So to War 7 Juggling Numbers 8 Putting Rubber on the Ramp 9 Growing Needs, Growing Concerns 10 Fact and Fancy Appendix A: Royal Canadian Air Force Headquarters Organization Chart, c. 1947 Appendix B: Department of Defence Production Aircraft Delivery Statistics, 1951-54 Notes Bibliography Index
Copyright Date
2011
Topic
Aviation / Commercial, Canada / Post-Confederation (1867-), Political Freedom, Military / Canada
Dewey Decimal
358.4/162120971
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes
Genre
Transportation, History, Political Science
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