In 1945, Canada and her Allies ... World War. But Hitler's Nazi menace would soon be replaced by a new threat to world peace as the Soviet Union and the United States faced off in the Cold War.

Spanning six decades from the mid-1940s to the early 1990s, the Cold War was the ultimate ... Despite being allies during the Second World War, the two superpowers became locked in a standoff ...

During the real Cold War there was ... spending may well be needed - Western allies were far too quick to seek a peace dividend in the wake of the Cold War. But just what kind of military threat ...