Learning to love the bomb : Canada's nuclear weapons during the Cold War / Sean M. Maloney.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 447-458) and index.

Canada and the Cold War to 1951 -- Fear is not an option: a new strategy, 1952-1955 -- The goalie's big stick: Canadian strategy and the new look, 1955-1957 -- Information is power: Canada and nuclear weapons testing -- There was only one catch: Diefenbaker takes control, 1956-1957 -- Is power nothing without control? continental defence problems and domestic politics, 1957-1959 -- Engines for Armageddon: Canadian nuclear forces and NATO, 1957-1960 -- Enter Thor's gauntlet, wielding a wrench: Canadian problems with the USAF Strategic Air Command, 1958-1960 -- Canada's nuclear crisis, part I: a year of transition, 1960 -- Canada's nuclear crisis, part II: frustrating incrementalism, 1961 -- Dodging the nuclear bullet: Canada and the Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962-1963 -- Close to the apex: the Pearson government, nuclear weapons, and national security policy, 1963-1964 -- Delivering the bomb: Canada goes nuclear -- Conclusion.