Arctic Front: Defending Canada In The Far North
2010 / English / EPUB
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A hard-hitting, timely, and provocative book about the history and
future of the Canadian Arctic. With passion and sharp words, Arctic
Front confronts Canada's longstanding neglect of the Far North and
outline what needs to be done to protect our national interest.
Through a lively and engaging history of the region, Arctic Front
reveals how Canadians and their governments have: ignored this
region for generations expanded Canadian sovereignty over the past
hundred years by reacting to other countries' challenges become the
least effective of all Circumpolar nations in responding to the
needs of the Arctic neglected our obligations to the North,
including a failure to capitalize on the human and economic
resources of this vast land or to establish a presence that would
make any foreign claims to offshore resources inconceivable. As
global warming continues to melt the ice in the Northwest Passage
and the competition for northern resources heats up, Canada, the
authors warn, will be forced to defend this area from a position of
grave weakness. Our leaders need to take action today, blending
defence and development, to complete Canadian nation building in
this fragile region. An energetic and engaging collaboration by
four of Canada's leading Northern specialists, Arctic Front is a
clarion call to all Canadians about our endangered Arctic region,
challenging the country to step away from the symbols and myth
making of the past and toward the urgent political, environmental
and economic realities of the 21st century.
A hard-hitting, timely, and provocative book about the history and
future of the Canadian Arctic. With passion and sharp words, Arctic
Front confronts Canada's longstanding neglect of the Far North and
outline what needs to be done to protect our national interest.
Through a lively and engaging history of the region, Arctic Front
reveals how Canadians and their governments have: ignored this
region for generations expanded Canadian sovereignty over the past
hundred years by reacting to other countries' challenges become the
least effective of all Circumpolar nations in responding to the
needs of the Arctic neglected our obligations to the North,
including a failure to capitalize on the human and economic
resources of this vast land or to establish a presence that would
make any foreign claims to offshore resources inconceivable. As
global warming continues to melt the ice in the Northwest Passage
and the competition for northern resources heats up, Canada, the
authors warn, will be forced to defend this area from a position of
grave weakness. Our leaders need to take action today, blending
defence and development, to complete Canadian nation building in
this fragile region. An energetic and engaging collaboration by
four of Canada's leading Northern specialists, Arctic Front is a
clarion call to all Canadians about our endangered Arctic region,
challenging the country to step away from the symbols and myth
making of the past and toward the urgent political, environmental
and economic realities of the 21st century.