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Author Wakelam, Randall T. (Randall Thomas), 1953-

Title Cold war fighters : Canadian aircraft procurement, 1945-54 / Randall Wakelam
Published Vancouver [B.C.] : UBC Press, 2011

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 187 pages) : illustrations, digital file
Series Studies in Canadian military history, 1499-6251
Studies in Canadian military history, 1499-6251
Contents An air-minded middle power -- Planning for peace -- International and industrial alliances -- Caught flat-footed -- Facing the threat in earnest -- And so to war -- Juggling numbers -- Putting rubber on the ramp -- Growing needs, growing concerns -- Fact and fancy -- Appendix A : Royal Canadian Air Force headquarters organization chart c. 1947 -- Appendix B : Department of Defence production aircraft delivery statistics, 1951-54
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Canada. Royal Canadian Air Force -- Procurement -- History
SUBJECT Canada. Royal Canadian Air Force fast
Subject Airplanes, Military -- Canada -- Procurement -- History
Aerospace industries -- Military aspects -- Canada -- History
Airplanes, Military -- Canada -- History
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Military Science.
Airplanes, Military
Aerospace industries -- Military aspects
Armed Forces -- Procurement
Canada
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. cn2011903969
ISBN 9780774821506
0774821507
9780774821483
0774821485
0774859105
9780774859103