CAMPAGNA, PALMIRO - Storms of Controversy : The Secret Avro Arrow Files Revealed

Toronto: Stoddart, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0773726497. 228 pages including notes, index and black and white photographic plates. On February 20, 1959, Canada's cherished dream of a future in high-tech aircraft design and production was brutally aborted, and more than 25,000 people were suddenly faced with the prospect of oblivion in their chosen industry. Reveals there was much more to the scrubbing of the arrow than design flaws, cost overruns, and obsolescence, the reasons given by federal government officials to justify their decision. Details a political web of intrique among the Tory government, the Canadian and American military, and the CIA. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Front free endpaper neatly removed. A nice copy.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; CANADA POLITICS GOVERNMENT POLITICAL SCIENCE GENERAL Storms of Controversy : The Secret Avro Arrow Files Revealed A.v. Roe Canada Limited Avro Arrow Turbojet Fighter Plane Aircraft Industry Malton Ontario Canada Politics and Government Diefenbaker On F. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket .

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