The Infernal Machine: Investigating the Loyalty of Canada's Citizens by Hannant, Larry - 1995

Toronto: Univ of Toronto Pr. Paperback. 0802072364 330 pages. Index. Extensive footnotes. Reproductions of thirteen archival black and white photos. Relies upon previously classified documents to reveal that Canadian "systematic security screening was launched fifteen years before Gouzenko because the Russian Revolution and the formation of the Communist International in 1919 caused Canadian authorities, particularly the RCMP, to view many citizens with suspiction. The heart of this system was mass fingerprinting, which was both unprecedented and illegal." - from half-title page. Bit of writing atop half-title page, otherwise clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy of this fascinating and well-researched work. . Good. 1995. First Edition.