Securing the Continental Skies: The Development of North American Air Defence Co-operation, 1945-1958

During the early years of the Cold War, Canada and the United States began to develop a peacetime defence relationship. Initial co-operation was limited to the construction of minor installations and the creation of joint plans. But in 1950 both countries began to develop an air defence system to protect North America from the Soviet threat.

Securing the Continental Skies uses archival sources that have become available since the end of the Cold War to offer new insights into the development...