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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Randall Wakelam , William March , Peter RaylsPublisher: University of Toronto Press Imprint: University of Toronto Press Dimensions: Width: 17.80cm , Height: 3.20cm , Length: 25.40cm Weight: 0.820kg ISBN: 9781487526764ISBN 10: 1487526768 Pages: 464 Publication Date: 30 October 2023 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Temporarily unavailable  The supplier advises that this item is temporarily unavailable. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out to you. Table of ContentsForeword Gen (retd) Paul Manson Preface Glossary Introduction Randall Wakelam Section 1: Introduction Peter Rayls 1. The Expansion and Contraction of Canada’s First Line of Defence: The RCAF in the Cold War, 1945-1968 Bertram Frandsen and Peter Rayls 2. No 1 Air Division, Royal Canadian Air Force Raymond Stouffer 3. The RCAF, USAF, and Continental Air Defence, 1945-1957 Richard Goette 4. NORAD PEAKS, 1957-1964 Joseph Jockel Section 2: Introduction Randall Wakelam 5. Hubris: The CF-105 Avro Arrow Program and the End of the Golden Age of the Royal Canadian Air Force Russell Isinger and Donald C. Story 6. Educating Air Power Practitioners Randall Wakelam 7. Training the Flyers: The Legacy of Canada’s International Air Training Schemes: and the NATO Air Training Plan Rachel Heide 8. RCAF Air Maintenance Terry Leversedge 9. The Forgotten Decade: Women and the RCAF 1952-1962 Allan English 10. The Air Reserves: A Functional Second Line of Defence? Mathias Joost Section 3: Introduction William March 11. The RCAF at the Dawn of the Space Age, 1958-1965 Andrew Godefroy 12. The Search For Rescue Leadership James Pierotti 13. On Wings of Hope and Peace: The RCAF and Humanitarian and Peacekeeping Operations, 1946 – 1967 William March 14. Maritime Air Ernest Cable 15. From Army Co-operation to Army Co-optation: Canada’s Struggles with Aviation Support to the Land Force Dean Black 16. Air Transport Command: Versatile and Ready in Cold War and Hot War Bertram Frandsen Annex A: Budgets, Personnel and Organizations Annex B: Chiefs of the Air Staff Notes on Contributors IndexReviews"""A well-chosen collection of evidence-based essays on the RCAF and the Cold War. Essential reading for Canadians in today's renewal of the Cold War."" - Terry Copp, Director Emeritus of the Laurier Centre for the Study of Canada, Wilfrid Laurier University ""This well-researched and well-written collection illustrates how Canada used airpower to shape the early Cold War, and why it then chose to abandon that capability."" - John R. Ferris, FRSC, Professor of History and Fellow at The Centre for Military and Strategic Studies, University of Calgary ""Celebratory but also blunt and critical, this collection marks the centenary of the RCAF by focusing on its golden age. Virtually every aspect of its history from 1945 to 1968 is treated - from peacekeeping to NATO, from NORAD to space, the reserves, and maritime air. This is the Royal Canadian Air Force's history told well."" - J.L. Granatstein, author of Canada's Army: Waging War and Keeping the Peace" """A well-chosen collection of evidence-based essays on the RCAF and the Cold War. Essential reading for Canadians in today's renewal of the Cold War.""""A well-chosen collection of evidence-based essays on the RCAF and the Cold War. Essential reading for Canadians in today's renewal of the Cold War."" - Terry Copp, Director Emeritus of the Laurier Centre for the Study of Canada, Wilfrid Laurier University ""This well-researched and well-written collection illustrates how Canada used airpower to shape the early Cold War, and why it then chose to abandon that capability."" - John R. Ferris, FRSC, Professor of History and Fellow at The Centre for Military and Strategic Studies, University of Calgary ""Celebratory but also blunt and critical, this collection marks the centenary of the RCAF by focusing on its golden age. Virtually every aspect of its history from 1945 to 1968 is treated - from peacekeeping to NATO, from NORAD to space, the reserves, and maritime air. This is the Royal Canadian Air Force's history told well."" - J.L. Granatstein, author of Canada's Army: Waging War and Keeping the Peace" Author InformationRandall Wakelam served in the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) as a tactical helicopter pilot and educator for more than four decades; he has taught and written about air power and leadership for the past twenty-five years and is now an associate professor emeritus of the Department of History at Royal Military College. William March is a freelance historian and writer focused on aerospace power history, Canadian military history, and leadership. He previously served as a maritime air navigator in the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) and Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) for over forty years. Peter Rayls earned his PhD in history from Queen’s University. He previously served in the US Army as a tank platoon leader, personnel services detachment commander, and history instructor at the US Military Academy. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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