The Alaska Highway in World War II: The U.S. Army of Occupation in Canada's Northwest

by David Coates, Ken Coates, Robert W. Morrison

After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor a general fear of invasion swept North America, and particularly the West Coast; it seemed essential that immedtiate steps be taken to defend the Far Northwest. With the approval of the Canadian government, Washington drew up plans for the future Alaska Highway to connect Edmonton, Alberta, with Fairbanks, Alaska, and for a pipeline to connect the oil fields at Norman Wells, Northwest Territories, with...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802050239
• ISBN13: 9780802050236
• Release Date: November 1992
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 309 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher