Review: Canada: Turmoil in the Peaceable Kingdom
| DOI | 10.1177/002070209705200110 |
| Author | Christopher Kirkey |
| Date | 01 March 1997 |
| Published date | 01 March 1997 |
| Subject Matter | Review |
162
INTERNATIONAL
JOURNAL
within
the
Canadian
defence
industry.
The
issue
of
Canadian
sub-
sidiaries
of
foreign
companies
producing components
and
systems
is
also
covered.
However,
it
could
have
been
complemented
by
further
examination
of foreign
systems
development
and
licensed
production.
In
the
end,
this
is
a
book
with
potential
that
is
hampered
by
limited
scope.
It
needs
a
clearer
definition
of
the
defence industry
in
a
changing
procurement
system.
With
governments
increasingly
moving
towards
the
purchase
of
'off the
shelf
systems
and
products,
the
authors
should
clarify
where
civilian
industry
ends
and defence
industry
begins.
A
better
understanding
of
dual-use
products
would
give
one
a
better
understand-
ing
of
the
Canadian
defence
industry.
Further
examination of
the
current
international
system
is
a
neces-
sity.
The
analysis
may
be
strong
from
political
and
economic
perspec-
tives,
but
fails
from the
strategic
perspective.
As
much
as
politics
and
economics,
strategy
is
a
driving force
in
the
defence
industry.
It
would
seem
that
save
for
the
repetition of
the
fact
that
the
Cold
War
ended
and
asserting
that
a
third
World
War
in Europe
is
unlikely,
the
authors
do
not
sufficiently
explore
the
changes
that the
international
system
has
undergone.
It
would
appear
that
this
is
a
work
written
in
the
late
1980s
and
reworked
in
an
attempt
to make it
relevant
to
the
1990s.
JamesJ.
Norminton/University
of
Reading
TURMOIL
IN
THE
PEACEABLE
KINGDOM
The
Quebec
sovereignty
movement
and
its
implications
for Canada
and
the
United
States
Jonathan
Lemco
Toronto:
University
of
Toronto
Press,
1994,
xiv,
266pp, $50.00 cloth,
$17.95
paper
Jonathan
Lemco's
work,
Turmoil
in
the
Peaceable
Kingdom,
consistently
offers a
singular
message
to
its
readers:
the
potential
withdrawal
of
Quebec
from
the Canadian
confederation
-
be it
in
the
guise
of
sover-
eignty-association
or
separation
-
will
have
profound
political
and
eco-
nomic
effects
for Quebec,
Canada,
and
the
United
States.
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