Scars of War
The Impact of Warfare on Modern China
A forceful look at the long-term social and psychological impact of warfare on modern China’s civilian population.
No Place to Run
The Canadian Corps and Gas Warfare in the First World War
This book is a reevaluation of the Canadian Corps and poison gas in WWI. It examines how the Canadian Corps organized and protected its soldiers from poison gas.
Another Kind of Justice
Canadian Military Law from Confederation to Somalia
The first historical survey of Canadian military law, providing insights into military justice in Canada, the purpose of military law, and the level of legal professionalism within the Canadian military.
Death So Noble
Memory, Meaning, and the First World War
This book examines Canada’s collective memory of the First World War through the 1920s and 1930s. It is a cultural history, considering art, music, and literature.
Objects of Concern
Canadian Prisoners of War Through the Twentieth Century
Jonathan Vance examines Canada's role in the formation of an important aspect of international law, traces the growth and activities of a number of national and local philanthropic agencies, and recounts the efforts of ex-prisoners to secure compensation for the long-term effects of captivity.
Ships and Memories
Merchant Seafarers in Canada's Age of Steam
An account of life on steamships, this book draws on the experiences of seafarers in peace and war and during the depression.
The Great War of Words
British, American and Canadian Propaganda and Fiction, 1914-1933
The hitherto unknown story of the secret collaboration between the government and leading writers of the early 1900s – including H.G. Wells, John Buchan and John Galsworthy – to create a propaganda machine against the invading Huns.