The Nuclear North
Histories of Canada in the Atomic Age
- Publisher
- UBC Press
- Initial publish date
- Oct 2020
- Category
- General, Canada, Military Policy, Security (National & International)
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9780774863971
- Publish Date
- Oct 2020
- List Price
- $89.95
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9780774864008
- Publish Date
- Oct 2020
- List Price
- $32.99
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780774863988
- Publish Date
- Apr 2021
- List Price
- $32.95
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Description
Since the first atomic weapon was detonated in 1945, Canadians have debated not only the role of nuclear power in their uranium-rich land but also their country’s role in a nuclear world. Should Canada belong to international alliances that depend on the threat of nuclear weapons for their own security? Should Canadian-produced nuclear technologies be exported? What about the impact of atomic research on local communities and the environment? This incisive nuclear history engages with much larger debates about national identity, Canadian foreign policy contradictions during the Cold War, and Canada’s global standing to investigate these critical questions.
About the authors
Timothy A. Sayle is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Toronto and a fellow of the Bill Graham Centre for Contemporary International History and the Southern Methodist University's Center for Presidential History.
