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Rushing to Armageddon : the shocking truth about Canada, missile defence and Star Wars, Mel Hurtig

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Mel Hurtig has five best-sellers to his credit but this is easily his most important book. Readers will be shocked to learn how both the American and Canadian governments are intentionally misleading their citizens about the Pentagon's unprecedented plans to weaponize space; about the huge new Russian and Chinese nuclear missile buildup resulting from U.S. Star Wars plans; about the destruction of vitally important, long-standing arms control agreements; and about the rapidly increasing danger of a nuclear apocalypse.?Among the topics covered are why the so-called U.S. missile defencesystem is really about establishing a U.S. first-strike-from-space capability; why both Paul Martins government and Stephen Harper's Conservatives want to join in George W. Bushs dangerous program; how numerous official U.S. documents reveal their plans to dominate space and place deadly lasers and nuclear weapons in space; how todays nuclear weapons are up to 350 times more powerful than the bombs that devastated Hiroshima and Nagasaki; how the missile defence plans will mean the placement of missiles on Canadian soil making Canada much less secure.?Hurtig provides remarkable and often devastating new information that will shock, anger, and appall readers. This is a book that every Canadian must read before Ottawa becomes an active partner in a tragic and potentially cataclysmic blunder
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
1 online resource (xvii, 229 pages)
Contents
  • An assault on humanity / Douglas Roche
  • History's worst possible nightmare
  • Making us and the world less secure
  • "Secret," "confidential," and "Canadian eyes only"
  • Let's not have too many meetings
  • Don't even think about thinking about it
  • "How could we possibly go along?"
  • "A pandemic of instability" : escalation, destabilization, proliferation
  • Shield of dreams : why the American National Missile Defense won't work
  • "A nuclear arsenal in space" : approving what we have always opposed
  • The busboy at the conveyor belt inside the tent
  • Rushing into a gigantic boondoggle, and the real threat
  • The rogue nation : "no longer to be trusted ... it should be feared."
  • The foolish and arrogant Bush Doctrine
  • National mythological defence : profits and greed lining the pockets of defence contractors
  • The wrong-headed priorities of government are stunning and intolerable
  • The sword of Damocles : doesn't Canada have to choose which side we're on?
  • Moving by stealth to co-operate in our own ghastly annihilation
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Rushing to Armageddon : the shocking truth about Canada, missile defence and Star Wars
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Rushing to Armageddon
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the shocking truth about Canada, missile defence and Star Wars
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Mel Hurtig
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Language
eng
Summary
Mel Hurtig has five best-sellers to his credit but this is easily his most important book. Readers will be shocked to learn how both the American and Canadian governments are intentionally misleading their citizens about the Pentagon's unprecedented plans to weaponize space; about the huge new Russian and Chinese nuclear missile buildup resulting from U.S. Star Wars plans; about the destruction of vitally important, long-standing arms control agreements; and about the rapidly increasing danger of a nuclear apocalypse.?Among the topics covered are why the so-called U.S. missile defencesystem is really about establishing a U.S. first-strike-from-space capability; why both Paul Martins government and Stephen Harper's Conservatives want to join in George W. Bushs dangerous program; how numerous official U.S. documents reveal their plans to dominate space and place deadly lasers and nuclear weapons in space; how todays nuclear weapons are up to 350 times more powerful than the bombs that devastated Hiroshima and Nagasaki; how the missile defence plans will mean the placement of missiles on Canadian soil making Canada much less secure.?Hurtig provides remarkable and often devastating new information that will shock, anger, and appall readers. This is a book that every Canadian must read before Ottawa becomes an active partner in a tragic and potentially cataclysmic blunder
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Hurtig, Mel
Dewey number
358/.8/0973
Index
no index present
LC call number
UG745.C2H87 2004
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
  • dictionaries
  • bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Strategic Defense Initiative
  • Space weapons
  • United States
  • Canada
  • Initiative de defense strategique
  • Armes spatiales
  • Etats-Unis
  • Canada
  • Military policy
  • Space weapons
  • Strategic Defense Initiative
  • Canada
  • United States
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Rushing to Armageddon : the shocking truth about Canada, missile defence and Star Wars, Mel Hurtig
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Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references
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text
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Contents
An assault on humanity / Douglas Roche -- History's worst possible nightmare -- Making us and the world less secure -- "Secret," "confidential," and "Canadian eyes only" -- Let's not have too many meetings -- Don't even think about thinking about it -- "How could we possibly go along?" -- "A pandemic of instability" : escalation, destabilization, proliferation -- Shield of dreams : why the American National Missile Defense won't work -- "A nuclear arsenal in space" : approving what we have always opposed -- The busboy at the conveyor belt inside the tent -- Rushing into a gigantic boondoggle, and the real threat -- The rogue nation : "no longer to be trusted ... it should be feared." -- The foolish and arrogant Bush Doctrine -- National mythological defence : profits and greed lining the pockets of defence contractors -- The wrong-headed priorities of government are stunning and intolerable -- The sword of Damocles : doesn't Canada have to choose which side we're on? -- Moving by stealth to co-operate in our own ghastly annihilation
Extent
1 online resource (xvii, 229 pages)
Form of item
online
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unmediated
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rdamedia
Media type code
n
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
(OCoLC)1083038438
Label
Rushing to Armageddon : the shocking truth about Canada, missile defence and Star Wars, Mel Hurtig
Link
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
An assault on humanity / Douglas Roche -- History's worst possible nightmare -- Making us and the world less secure -- "Secret," "confidential," and "Canadian eyes only" -- Let's not have too many meetings -- Don't even think about thinking about it -- "How could we possibly go along?" -- "A pandemic of instability" : escalation, destabilization, proliferation -- Shield of dreams : why the American National Missile Defense won't work -- "A nuclear arsenal in space" : approving what we have always opposed -- The busboy at the conveyor belt inside the tent -- Rushing into a gigantic boondoggle, and the real threat -- The rogue nation : "no longer to be trusted ... it should be feared." -- The foolish and arrogant Bush Doctrine -- National mythological defence : profits and greed lining the pockets of defence contractors -- The wrong-headed priorities of government are stunning and intolerable -- The sword of Damocles : doesn't Canada have to choose which side we're on? -- Moving by stealth to co-operate in our own ghastly annihilation
Extent
1 online resource (xvii, 229 pages)
Form of item
online
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
n
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
(OCoLC)1083038438

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