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The 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis: Peter T. Haydon RCN (Retd) |
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Description: A former officer in the Canadian Navy who took part in Canada's response to the Cuban Missile Crisis, Commander Haydon discusses and assesses the performance of Canadian political and military leaders during this crucial time in world history. Here, for the first time, is an overall examination of the Canadian experience during the crisis, in all its political and military dimensions. Haydon places Canadian actions in the larger context of national defence policy, nuclear weapons, civil-military relations, and the whole fabric of defence cooperation between Canada and the United States in the early 1960's. What Haydon's account makes superbly clear is that Canada was no bystander during those tense days in October 1962. The Canadian Armed Forces, which had been equipped and postured under the banner of collective defence, were readied for nuclear war. No future consideration of Canada's involvement in the Cuban missile crisis, and indeed, no examination of Canadian defence policy during the Cold War will be complete without reference to this study. "Here for the first time, is an overall examination of the Canadian experience during the crisis, in all its political and military dimensions. (Haydon) places Canadian actions in the larger context of national defence policy, nuclear weapons, civil-military relations, and the whole fabric of defence co-operation between Canada and the United States in the early 1960's. What Haydon's account makes superbly clear is that Canada was no bystander during those tense days in October 1962. The Canadian Armed Forces, which had been equipped and postured under the banner of collective defence, were readied for nuclear war No future consideration of Canada's involvement in the Cuban missile crisis, and indeed, no examination of Canadian defence policy during the Cold War will be complete without reference to this study." Peter T. Haydon retired from the Canadian Navy in 1988 after 30 years in submaries, ships and behind desks. He spent his last ten years in uniform as a strategic analyst at NDHQ in Ottawa and at SACLANT HQ in Norfolk, Va. Since retiring he has been a naval and maritime security analyst with the Centre for Foreign Policy Studies at Dalhousie University and a Senior Fellow with the Canadian Institute of Strategic Studies. He has written widely on maritime security issues and is a frequent media commentator. In addition to his work and interests in contemporary maritime security concerns, he writes and lectures on Canada's Cold War Navy.
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