Thomas Juneau, Philippe Lagassé, and Srdjan Vucetic
Part I: The Fundamentals of Canadian defence policy
2. The Imperatives of Canada’s Strategic Geography
Kim Richard Nossal
3. Canadian Strategic Cultures: From Confederation to Trump
Justin Massie & Srdjan Vucetic
4. Holding Canadian Governments to Account for National Defence
Philippe Lagassé
5. Canadian Defence Budgeting
David Perry
6. From Policy and Strategy to Outcomes
Adam Chapnick and Craig Stone
7. Canada and Defence against Help: The Wrong Theory for the Wrong Country at the Wrong Time
Andrea Charron and James Fergusson
Part II: The domestic politics of Canadian defence
8. Canadian Civil-Military Relations in Comparative Perspective: It Could Be Worse?
Stephen M. Saideman
9. The Political Economy of Defence
J. Craig Stone and Binyam Solomon
10. Public Opinion and Canadian Defence Policy
Jean-Christophe Boucher
11. The Demographics of Force Generation: Recruitment, Attrition, and Retention of Citizen Soldiers
Christian Leuprecht
12. Culture Clash: Why the media and the military can’t get along
Andrew Potter
13. Indigenous Peoples and Canadian Defence
Sheryl Lightfoot
14. Defence Policy Perspectives: Special Interests and Lobbying
George MacDonald
15. Achieving Consensus and Effectiveness in Canadian Defence Policy
Roy Rempel
Part III: Emerging policy challenges
16. You've Got it All Backwards: Canada’s National Defence Strategy
Lindsay Rodman
17. Law and political-military strategy: the importance of legal advice in the decision to deploy the Canadian Armed Forces
Alexander Bolt
18. CAF Operations: A Comprehensive Approach to Enable Future Operations
Neil Chuka & Heather Hrychuk
19. Capability Acquisition and Canadian Defence Policy: Program Achievability and Resilience?
Douglas Dempster
20. Women in the Canadian Armed Forces
Andrea Lane
21. Defence Policy in the Canadian Arctic: From Jean Chrétien to Justin Trudeau
Adam Lajeunesse and P. Whitney Lackenbauer
22. Canadian defence and new technologies
Stephanie Carvin
23. Deterrence in Space and Cyberspace
Ryder McKeown and Alex Wilner
Thomas Juneau is Associate Professor in the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Ottawa, Canada.
Philippe Lagassé is Associate Professor and Barton Chair in the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University, Canada.
Srdjan Vucetic is Associate Professor in the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Ottawa, Canada.
“Canadian Armed Forces members, civilians working in the Department of National Defence, and other practitioners will find here a unique collection of chapters written by the country’s very best experts on the topic. This is definitely a resource I wish I had during my time with the Department.”
—Richard Fadden, Senior Fellow, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Ottawa, Canada, and former Deputy Minister of National Defence
“From the range of topics engaged, to the insightfulness of the analysis, this is the best book on Canadian defence policy in decades—perhaps the best book ever written on the subject. The work will be of inestimable value to a broad readership of politicians, bureaucrats, scholars, soldiers, journalist and most importantly, to undergraduate and graduate students. Canadian Defence Policy in Theory and Practice will be the standard reference on Canada’s defence policy and its armed forces for years to come.”
—Joel J. Sokolsky, Professor, Department of Political Science, Royal Military College of Canada, Canada
This edited volume provides a comprehensive overview of contemporary debates and issues in Canadian defence policy studies. The contributors examine topics including the development of Canadian defence policy and strategic culture, North American defence cooperation, gender and diversity in the Canadian military, and defence procurement and the defence industrial base. Emphasizing the process of defence policy-making, rather than just the outcomes of that process, the book focuses on how political and organizational interests impact planning, as well as the standard operating procedures that shape Canadian defence policy and practices.
Thomas Juneau is Associate Professor in the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Ottawa, Canada.
Philippe Lagassé is Associate Professor and Barton Chair in the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University, Canada.
Srdjan Vucetic is Associate Professor in the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Ottawa, Canada.