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Defence and Discovery : Canada's Military Space Program, 1945-74.
Title:
Defence and Discovery : Canada's Military Space Program, 1945-74.
Author:
Godefroy, Andrew B.
ISBN:
9780774819619
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (257 pages)
Series:
Studies in Canadian Military History Series
Contents:
Cover -- Title Page -- Contents -- Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Chronology of Canada's Rocketry and Space Program -- Introduction -- 1: Cold War Security and Aerospace Defence Research Prior to Sputnik -- 2: Missiles, Rocketry, and the Development of the Black Brant Launcher -- 3: Defence and Discovery: Canada's Early Space Policies -- 4: Forging a Spacefaring Nation: The Alouette-ISIS Program -- 5: Canada's Militarization and Weaponization of Space -- 6: The Demise of Canada's Cold War Space Programs -- 7: National Interests and a New Agenda for Outer Space -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- A Note on Sources -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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