Cold War Canada: The Making of a National Insecurity State, 1945-1957

by Reg Whitaker, Gary Marcuse, Reginald Whitaker

Canadians might expect that a history of Canada's participation in the Cold War would be a self-congratulatory exercise in documenting the liberality and moderation of Canada set against the rapacious purges of the McCarthy era in the United States. Though Reg Whitaker and Gary Marcuse agree that there is some evidence for Canadian moderation, they argue that the smug Canadian self-image is exaggerated. Cold War Canada digs past the official moderation...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802079504
• ISBN13: 9780802079503
• Release Date: September 1996
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 512 Pages
• Weight: 2.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher