War Plan Red
The United States' Secret Plan to Invade Canada and Canada's Secret Plan to Invade the United States
Published on 9. June 2015
131 pages
978-1-61689-460-3 (ISBN)
Description
A humorous history of simmering tensions between the US and Canada from the War of 1812 to actual invasion plans drawn up by both sides.
It's known as the world's friendliest border. Five thousand miles of unfenced, unwalled international coexistence and a symbol of neighborly goodwill between two great nations: the United States and Canada. But just how friendly is it really? In War Plan Red, the secret "cold war" between the United States and Canada is revealed in full and humorous detail.
With colorful maps and historical imagery, the breezy text walks the reader through every aspect of the long-running rivalry-from the "Pork and Beans War" between Maine and Newfoundland lumberjacks, to the "Pig War" of the San Juan Islands, culminating with excerpts from actual declassified invasion plans the Canadian and US militaries drew up in the 1920s and 1930s.More details
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Kevin C. Lippert
War Plan Red
America's Secret Plans to Invade Canada and Canada's Secret Plans to Invade the U.S.
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Princeton Architectural Press
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Content
- Intro
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Part One The War of 1812
- An Imaginary Line Through the Woods
- Pourquoi Pas British North America?
- Success Is Inevitable
- Hull Attacks Canada, Loses Detroit
- Up the Creek Without a Paddle (Literally): The American Assault on Queenston
- Let's Try Montreal, or, the Heroism of Disaster
- Napoleon, America's Unexpected Small-Fry Ally
- Right Back Where We Started
- Part Two Border Disputes
- The Pork and Beans War
- The Pig Heard 'Round the World
- Trade You Alabama for Canada
- Just Buy It
- Trade You Canada for Ireland
- Dominion Day
- Part Three We've Got Your Back: War Plan Red & Defence Scheme No.1
- Canada First
- Buster Brown
- Defence Scheme No. 1
- War Plan Red
- War Plan Rumsfeld
- Another Surrender Without a Shot
- War Ahead?
- Appendix A: War Plan Red
- Appendix B: Extracts from Defence Scheme No. 1
- Acknowledgments
- Credits
- About the Author
