{"product_id":"storms-of-controversy-the-secret-avro-arrow-files-revealed-paperback","title":"Storms of Controversy: The Secret Avro Arrow Files Revealed - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePalmiro Campagna\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRichard Rohmer\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe development of the Avro Arrow was a remarkable Canadian achievement. Its mysterious cancellation in February 1959 prompted questions that have long gone unanswered. What role did the Central Intelligence Agency play in the scrapping of the project? Who in Canada's government was involved in that decision? What, if anything, did Canada get in return? Who ordered the blowtorching of all the prototypes? And did Arrow technology find its way into the American Stealth fighter\/bomber program?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhen \u003ci\u003eStorms of Controversy\u003c\/i\u003e was first published in 1992, its answers to these questions sent a shock wave across the country. Using never-before-released documents, the book exploded the myth that design flaws, cost overruns, or obsolescence had triggered the demise of the Arrow.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNow, in this fully revised fourth edition, complete with two new appendices, the bestselling book brings readers up-to-date on the CF-105 Arrow, the most innovative, sophisticated aircraft the world had seen by the end of the 1950s. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePalmiro Campagna works for the Department of National Defence and has acted as Canadian representative to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in the area of electromagnetics in military aircraft. He is the author of the bestselling \u003ci\u003eThe UFO Files: The Canadian Connection Exposed\u003c\/i\u003e as well as \u003ci\u003eRequiem for a Giant: A.V. Roe Canada and the Avro Arrow\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Ottawa.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 22, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43779041034303,"sku":"9781554886982","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/samiestore.shop\/products\/storms-of-controversy-the-secret-avro-arrow-files-revealed-paperback","provider":"Samie","version":"1.0","type":"link"}