Why We Fightexamines the face of battle as experienced by Canadians, offering key insights on combat motivation theories, and exploring sexual violence in war, professionalism, organisations, leadership, shared intent, motivation in...
Military history
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Author:Hart, Jonathan LockeSummary:Private Charles Smith had been dead for close to a century when Jonathan Hart discovered the soldier's small diary in the Baldwin Collection at the Toronto Public Library. The diary's first entry was marked 28 June 1915. After some...
- Author:Matthias, R.Summary:
The title “Librarian” implies a placid, staid profession, bound by rules and dealing in books within the secure confines of solid and quiet institutions. In Trials Elsewhere, R. Matthias vividly describes his experiences as a 21st...
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Author:Davies, Adriana A.Summary:With the centenary of the First World War, communities across Canada arranged commemorations of the war experience to honour local servicemen who, through their triumphs and sacrifices, werepresented as laying the foundation for a free...
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Author:Goette, RichardSummary:The 1940 Ogdensburg Agreement entrenched a formal defence relationship between Canada and the United States – but was Canadian sovereignty upheld? Sovereignty and Command combines historical narrative with conceptual analysis of...
- Author:Delaney, Douglas E., Engen, Robert C., Fitzpatrick, MeghanSummary:
Military education was the lifeblood of the armies, navies, and air forces of the British Empire and an essential ingredient for success in both war and peace. Military Education and the British Empire is the first major scholarly work...
- Author:Meyer, DakotaSummary:
A Medal of Honor-awarded Marine sniper shares the controversy-marked story of his heroic contributions during a 2009 Taliban ambush during which he saved a company of Afghan soldiers and Marine advisors, a victory that compelled him to...
- Author:Parker, GeoffreySummary:
The acclaimed historian demonstrates a link between climate change and social unrest across the globe during the mid-seventeenth century. Revolutions, droughts, famines, invasions, wars, regicides, government collapses-the calamities of...
- Author:Polelle, Mark RobertSummary:
Polelle examines great military leaders in history, beginning with George Washington and moving on to Napoleon, U.S. Grant, Pershing, MacArthur, and Schwarzkopf, among others. The course also addresses the politics of military history...
- Author:Walliams, DavidSummary:
Go back in time with No. 1 bestselling author David Walliams for a whizz-bang epic adventure of action, laughter and secret plots - and the extraordinary friendship between a little boy and a huge gorilla that just might save the day...
- 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...
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Author:Summary:This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the role that air power has played in military conflicts over the past century, chronologically examining the utility of air power from World War I to the second Lebanon war, campaign by...
