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 worked to develop a peacetime defence relationship. At first, military co-operation was confined to the construction of minor defence installations and the creation of joint defence plans. But in 1950, both countries began to develop an air defence system to defend North America from Soviet long-range nuclear bombers. The Truman and Eisenhower administrations requested that Can...