The Distant Early Warning (Dew) Line: A Bibliography and Documentary Resource List

Part of the 611th Air Support Group Resources project

Author(s): P. Whitney Lackenbauer; Matthew J. Farish; Jennifer Arthur-Lackenbaur

Year: 2005

Summary

The Distant Early Warning Line was a string of continental defense radars, ultimately stretching from Alaska to Greenland. This research compendium provides a list of relevant sources on the DEW Line and Cold War continental defense. It focuses on primary sources available in Canada, and a systematic survey of published sources from Canada and the United States.

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The Distant Early Warning (Dew) Line: A Bibliography and Documentary Resource List. P. Whitney Lackenbauer, Matthew J. Farish, Jennifer Arthur-Lackenbaur. 2005 ( tDAR id: 459090) ; doi:10.48512/XCV8459090

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Keywords

Investigation Types
Historic Background Research • Methodology, Theory, or Synthesis • Records Search / Inventory Checking

General
11th Air Force • 611th • 611th Air Support Group • 611th Civil Engineer Squadron • Archives • Archives in the United States • Defense Radars • Department of National Defense • DEW • DEW Line • Directorate of History and Heritage • Distant Early Warning Line • Hudson Bay Company Archives • Library and Archives Canada • NWT Archives Council • Pacific Air Forces • Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre • Radars • Rt. Hon. John George Diefenbaker Centre • United States Air Force • Yukon Territorial Archives

Geographic Keywords
Alaska (State / Territory)

Spatial Coverage

min long: -170.016; min lat: 51.487 ; max long: -141.047; max lat: 68.567 ;

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