In the late 1950s a major topic under discussion was whether Canada should acquire nuclear weapons. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes 1950s acquire canada
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Under this scientific and moral pressure, the Canadian government conceded publicly that the use of these weapons in Vietnam was, in their view, a contravention of the Geneva Protocol. John Charles Polanyi canadianconcedecontravention Change image and share on social
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Between 1939 and 1945 you produced weapons and war equipment valued at thirteen billion dollars, 70 per cent of which you shipped to your allies. The same process is going on today in Canada's much larger and growing industry. Arthur Hays Sulzberger allybillioncanada share on social
Over fifteen years of studying the American Right professionally - especially in their communications with each other, in their own memos and media since the 1950s - I have yet to find a truly novel development, a real innovation, in far-right 'thought.' Rick Perlstein 1950samericancommunication share on social