Silent Partners delves into the shadowy world of security and national defence to shine a light on the influence they hold in Canadian society.
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.
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.
“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.
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.
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.
Investigates the groundbreaking role American women played in commemorating those who served and sacrificed in World War I
A touching tribute to the sacrifice and friendship of three Mississippi soldiers in the Korean War
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
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 highly personal memoir reliving the hellish days of a pivotal conflict of the Vietnam 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.
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.