Military and Security Studies

New and Recent in Military Studies
The Origins and Influence of Canada’s Military-Industrial Complex

Silent Partners delves into the shadowy world of security and national defence to shine a light on the influence they hold in Canadian society.

Histories and Legacies of a Cold War Conflict
Edited by Andrew Burtch and Tim Cook

Canada and the Korean War synthesizes Canadian and global perspectives on a watershed conflict to explore its profound influence on international, diplomatic, and military history, public memory, and contemporary affairs.

Canadian Non-Commissioned Officers in the Second World War

Building the Army’s Backbone reveals how the creation of Canada’s Second World War corps of non-commissioned officers helped the force train, fight, and win.

Financing Canada’s Involvement in the First World War

“Back him up! Buy Victory Bonds.” Boosters and Barkers examines the unrelenting financial demands of Canadian participation in the First World War, exploring the aims, methods, and implications of securing public support.

Canadian Officer Courts Martial, 1914–45

Scandalous Conduct investigates the complex meanings of honour and dishonour as revealed by general courts martial and dismissal sentences in the Canadian officer corps during the First and Second World Wars.

Courage, Grief, and Strength in Canada's Great War

Portraits of Battle combines biography and history to offer a nuanced perspective on the complex legacy of the Great War, as told through the stories of those who served in the Canadian Expeditionary Force.

Military & Security Studies Titles from our Publishing Partners
How American Women Commemorated the Great War, 1917–1945

Investigates the groundbreaking role American women played in commemorating those who served and sacrificed in World War I

A Story of the Korean War

A touching tribute to the sacrifice and friendship of three Mississippi soldiers in the Korean War

Remaking Lives from Memories of World War II

Examines Japan’s war generation—Japanese men and women who survived World War Two and rebuilt their lives, into the 21st century, from memories of that conflict  

Conversations in Postwar Viet Nam

An American Paratrooper and the 1972 Battle for An Loc

An intimate and compelling account of the most brutal infantry warfare and a critique of the mishandling of America’s departure from Indochina

A Marine's Account of the Battle for Con Thien

A Marine’s highly personal memoir reliving the hellish days of a pivotal conflict of the Vietnam War

Stories from Survivors of Holocaust, Genocide, and the Atrocities of War

I Lived To Tell the World recounts the experiences of individuals who have survived Holocaust, genocide and the atrocities of war, honoring the complexity of the survivor’s stories while providing historical and cultural context for these troubling worldwide events.

Veterans in the Age of Mass Incarceration

From the Good War to the Forever War

In this gripping memoir, renowned historian former Air Force navigator and intelligence officer H. Bruce Franklin offers a unique firsthand look at the American Century’s darkest hours. Crash Course is essential reading for anyone who wonders how America ended up with a deeply divided and disillusioned populace, led by a dysfunctional government and mired in unwinnable wars. 

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