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Veterans with a vision: Canada's war blinded in peace and war (Studies in Canadian military history,)
By Serge Marc Durflinger. 2010
A history of Canada's war-blinded veterans and of the organization they founded in 1922, the Sir Arthur Pearson Association of…
War Blinded. Durflinger details the veterans' process of civil re-establishment, physical and psychological rehabilitation, and social and personal coping, and describes their public advocacy for government pension entitlements, job retraining, and other social programs. Captures the spirit of perseverance that permeated the veterans' community, and highlights the impact made by the war blinded as advocates for all Canadian veterans and for all blind citizens. 2010.The destruction of the Bismarck
By David Jay Bercuson, Holger H Herwig. 2001
An account of the destruction of the feared but short-lived German WWII warship. The authors examine recently opened diplomatic files…
from England and America that provide new data concerning the supposedly neutral America's involvement in the hunt for the Bismarck. Also included are concise biographies of the major officers from both sides, brief histories of the major naval vessels involved, and an analysis of the crucial command decisions that sealed the Bismarck's fate. 2001.They fight like soldiers, they die like children: the global quest to eradicate the use of child soldiers
By Jessica Dee Humphreys, Roméo A Dallaire. 2010
In conflicts around the world, there is an increasingly popular weapon system that requires negligible technology, is simple to sustain,…
has unlimited versatility and incredible capacity for both loyalty and barbarism - children. Believing that no one should tolerate a child being used in this fashion, Dallaire has made it his mission to end the use of child soldiers. He provides an introduction to the phenomenon, as well as solutions to eradicate it. Explicit descriptions of violence. c2010.Rare courage: veterans of the Second World War remember
By Rod Mickleburgh, Rudyard Griffiths. 2005
Twenty Canadian Second World War veterans candidly describe their experiences, including the sinking of the Bismarck and landing on the…
beaches of Normandy. Describes the search of a Jewish nurse for survivors of the Holocaust and provides tales of shot-down airmen on the run in occupied Europe. Some strong language. 2005.February 1945. The war is almost over and Britain and America rule the waves, but sixty young Nazi soldiers still…
choose to undertake a mission in U-869 - to reach and bomb the coast of America. Several weeks later the boat barely has enough fuel to make it home and radio links with Germany are broken. The commander, Neuerberg, must make a tough decision: to carry on to America and risk death in the pursuit of glory, or to admit defeat and return home. Driven by pride, patriotism and determination, he decides to risk it. In 1991, a group of deep-sea divers hear about the wreck of a U-boat 260 feet beneath the sea. There are virtually no records of the Nazi submarine, and an on-location investigation is extremely dangerous. But twelve divers decide to take the risk. Over the next six years they eventually piece together an incredible story. 2004.The French Foreign Legion: a complete history
By Douglas Porch. 1991
From inauspicious beginnings to its present status as a respected metropolitan force, Douglas Porch describes the French Foreign Legion's battles…
all over the world. He looks beyond the myths that surround the Legion and analyzes its outstanding performance throughout history. He also discusses its special problems in recruitment, discipline and morale. 1991.Without fear or favour: the life and politics of an urban cop
By Bob Cooper, William McCormack. 1999
The story of Bill McCormack and his life as a policeman and Chief of the largest police force in Canada.…
McCormack talks about the run-ins and friendships with Toronto politicians and police officers, and his frequent battles with political opportunists and militants. Some descriptions of violence. 1999.Winning the radar war: a memoir
By Jack M Nissen, A. W Cockerill. 1987
During the Second World War, the British needed a tool that would warn of bombing or U-boat attacks. This book…
tells the drama of the secret race to develop radar, told in the words of one of the key players. c1987.Whose war is it?: how Canada can survive in the post 9/11 world
By J. L Granatstein. 2007
Granatstein believes that our military is incapable of dealing with current and ongoing crises that require well-trained, well-equipped and properly…
deployed troops. He argues that Canadians' once-vaunted role of peacekeeping is no longer relevant in a post-9/11 world, since recent missions, from Somalia to Kosovo to Afghanistan, are akin to war. He also takes Canadian attitudes to task, criticizing our increasing reluctance to support a military presence in countries such as Afghanistan. c2007.Who killed the Canadian military?
By J. L Granatstein. 2004
Our military equipment is out of date, personnel are stretched too thin, and they are ill-prepared for the battlefield -…
or peacekeeping. Granatstein blames the state of our military on a government that believes that peacekeeping solves everything, and also notes the anti-American sentiment that says we'd rather fight the Yanks than our (potential) enemies. He provides an articulate argument for the re-establishment of a well-funded and well-trained military - and a realistic strategy for how we can achieve it, given the threatening new climate of the 21st century. 2004.We are soldiers still: a journey back to the battlefields of Vietnam
By Harold G Moore, Joseph L Galloway. 2008
War's end: an eyewitness account of America's last atomic mission
By Charles W Sweeney, James A Antonucci, Marion K Antonucci. 1997
Memoir of the American Army Air Corps pilot who flew both atomic bomb missions over Japan in August 1945. Feeling…
"outraged and betrayed" by revisionist accounts of those events, the author tells his own career story and describes the tension and drama surrounding the world's first use of atomic weapons. c1997.War and anti-war: survival at the dawn of the 21st century
By Alvin Toffler, Heidi Toffler. 1993
The authors argue that styles of war follow patterns of economic activity. The Tofflers cite agricultural and industrial models as…
examples of what might be expected in the age of information and technology. They offer their "anti-war" formula for keeping peace. 1993.V-mail: letters of a World War II combat medic
By Keith Winston, Sarah Winston. 1985
Letters to his wife from a World War II soldier who served in France and Germany. He emerges as a…
sensitive and devoted family man coping with homesickness, boredom and the frustration of military life. 1985.Understanding Canadian defence
By Desmond Morton. 2003
From the threats of American invasion in the 18th and 19th centuries, to the two World Wars, to the aftermath…
of the World Trade Center attacks, Morton examines the events that have shaped Canada's military identity. He also looks to the future, describing a revolution in military orthodoxy that has been underway for more than a decade. Digital technology is transforming the way Americans wage war, and Canada is expected to follow suit, no matter the cost. 2003.Undercover agent: how one honest man took on the drug mob-- and then the Mounties (An M&S paperback)
By Leonard Mitchell, Peter Rehak. 1988
The authors tell of Leonard Mitchell's 19 months as an undercover agent for the RCMP which resulted in a drug…
bust with an estimated worth of $238 million. During the trial based on his work, Mitchell and his family were left in limbo while the RCMP hesitated on their promises of new identities and compensation, even though the mob had put out a contract on Mitchell's life. Not until Mitchell appeared on the news program "W5" did the RCMP fulfill their promise. 1989, c1988.Tin hats, oilskins & seaboots: a naval journey, 1938-1945
By L. B Jenson. 2000
This is a vividly told story of a sailor's war, by a man who loved the navy. Jenson first describes…
his two years of officer's training in the Royal Navy. After returning to Canada, Commander Jenson's service almost covered the spectrum of the RCN's warships. Told with droll undercurrents and understated heroism. 2000.Thin bruised line: the imminent threat to police and public safety
By Doug Clark. 2010
Canadian police are scrambling to preserve public order from a new "perfect storm" looming over the horizon and under the…
political radar. Their vaunted thin blue line of front-line officers is greyed, frayed, and stretched to the breaking point. Plagued by failed leadership and too few recruits, our police are frantically digging in behind the scenes against the converging triple threats poised to engulf them: shifting demographics, increasingly complex laws, and unrealistic expectations. c2010.