The US 8th Air Force came of age in 1944. With a fresh commander, it was ready to demonstrate its true power: from Operation Argument in February-targeting German aircraft production plants-to bringing the Luftwaffe to battle over...
War and military
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Author:Wilson, KevinSummary: - Author:Sheinkin, SteveSummary:
Perfect for middle grade readers and history enthusiasts, New York Times bestselling author Steve Sheinkin presents the fascinating and frightening true story of the creation behind the most destructive force that birthed the arms...
- Author:West, Francis J., Mattis, James N.Summary:
A clear-eyed account of learning how to lead in a chaotic world, by General Jim Mattis--the former Secretary of Defense and one of the most formidable strategic thinkers of our time--and Bing West, a former assistant secretary of...
- Author:Kasurak, PeterSummary:
Canada's Mechanized Infantry explores the development of the Canadian Army's infantry after the First World War. Modern studies of technology and war have tended to focus on tanks and armour, but soldiers discovered that...
- Author:Gray, LarrySummary:
The stories of Canada's top pilots of World War II continue to amaze and inspire us. From Dick Audet, the only Spitfire pilot to ever claim five kills in a single sortie to Russell Russ Bannock who shot down 19 V-1 rocket bombs in his...
- Author:Gray, LarrySummary:
The Battle of the Atlantic was the longest sustained conflict of the Second World War, a critical fight for the Allies to stop Nazi U-boats and other warships from sinking supply ships to Europe. Canadians played a vital role in that...
- Author:Roberts, CokieSummary:
Sifting through newspaper articles, government records, and private letters and diaries--many never before published--Cokie Roberts brings war-torn Washington, DC, into focus through the lives of its formidable women.
- Author:Editors, Charles RiverSummary:
"We are so superior to the Mexicans in race, in organization, in discipline, in morality and in elevation of feeling, that I beg your Excellency to be so good as to inform the emperor that I am already master of Mexico." -...
- Author:Borys, David A.Summary:
Civilians at the Sharp Endfollows the story of the Civil Affairs branch through France, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Germany in 1944–45. Borys demonstrates that while the Canadian Army was indeed concerned for the welfare of civilians...
- Author:Mundy, LizaSummary:
Recruited by the U.S. Army and Navy from small towns and elite colleges, more than ten thousand women served as codebreakers during World War II. While their brothers and boyfriends took up arms, these women moved to Washington and...
- Author:Wattie, ChrisSummary:
In the summer of 2006, a Canadian army patrol travelling through Afghanistan's Panjwayi region surprised an unexpectedly large force of Taliban fighters. The soldiers of the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry had...
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Contested Spaces is a global study of sites of conflict, places of loss, fear, resistance and pilgrimage where the materiality of violence forcibly brings the past into the present. The collection examines a series of internationally...
- Author:Breede, H. ChristianSummary:
Countries have instituted policies to make their armed forces more inclusive, and soldiers now undergo cultural awareness training before seeing active duty. Policy makers and military organizations agree that culture is important. But...
- Author:Rhodes, RichardSummary:
A historical account of the Cold War with focus on the nuclear arms race between the United States and the Soviet Union. Traces the development of the hydrogen bomb, the formation of arms stockpiles, and the superpower confrontations...
- Author:Larson, ErikSummary:
On May 1, 1915, with WWI entering its tenth month, a luxury ocean liner as richly appointed as an English country house sailed out of New York, bound for Liverpool, carrying a record number of children and infants. The passengers were...
- Author:Regehr, ErnieSummary:
Wars fought over the past quarter century have been a spectacular failure. The overwhelming majority end in military stalemate and are settled at the negotiating table, with the grievances that led to the war still unresolved. In...
- Author:Herr, MichaelSummary:
A documentation of the day-to-day realities of the war in Vietnam experienced by men on patrol, under siege at Khe Sanh, strapped into helicopters, and faced with continuing nightmares after their return to the United States.
- Author:Keelan, GeoffSummary:
During the First World War, Henri Bourassa - fierce Canadian nationalist, politician, and journalist from Quebec - took centre stage in the national debates on Canada's participation in the war, its imperial ties to Britain, and...
- Author:Kaufman, Uri.Summary:
October 2023 marks the fiftieth anniversary of the Yom Kippur War, a conflict that shaped the modern Middle East. The War was a trauma for Israel, a dangerous superpower showdown, and, following the oil embargo, a pivotal reordering of...
- Author:Coyle, Brendan, Arnis, MelanieSummary:
On June 20, 1942, the lighthouse at Estevan Point on Vancouver Island was shelled by the Japanese submarine I-26. It was the first enemy attack on Canadian soil since the War of 1812. But this was only one incident in the incredible and...
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