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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Our military equipment is out of date, personnel are stretched too thin, and they are ill-prepared for the battlefield -…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.The unexpected war: Canada in Kandahar
By Janice Gross Stein, J. Eugene Lang. 2007
If you want to know how Canada wound up on the front lines in Afghanistan, follow the dots here. Stein's…
and Lang's book reads like a whodunit. From the players, the private conversations and the presumptuous bravado in the Canadian and American corridors of power, this is the inside story. Some strong language and some descriptions of violence. c2007.The tunnel king: the true story of Wally Floody and the great escape
By Barbara Hehner. 2004
Wally Flood, a Canadian miner turned pilot during World War II, was shot down and put in a prisoner-of-war camp.…
Determined to escape, he eventually joined a group that began organizing the largest breakout ever, now called The Great Escape - over 600 men, tunnelling their way out. They took turns digging, inventing tools, forging documents, and hiding the tons of sand they dug from the tunnels, while facing the constant threat of discovery, with key help from Wally, known as the Tunnel King. Grades 5-8. 2004.The Templar treasure at Gisors
By Jean Markale. 1986
The mysterious Knights Templar originated in the Middle Ages, when pilgrims needed armed supporters to assure them safe passage to…
the Holy Land. Within 100 years the Templars had become a significant power by themselves, reporting directly to the pope and, it was rumoured, in control of vast wealth - until 1307, when the French king terminated the order, dispersed its knights, and claimed its property. 2003, c1986. Uniform title: Gisors et l'énigme des Templiers.The thunder and the sunshine (With many voices ; #2)
By Jeffry V Brock. 1983
Brock continues to tell of his fight against unification of the Canadian Armed Forces in the early 1960s. The fight…
cost him dearly: early forced retirement from the navy. 1983. (With many voices ; 2)The story of Jane Doe: a book about rape
By Jane Doe. 2003
When Jane Doe was the fifth woman to be raped by a serial sexual predator, she refused to become a…
victim, refused to accept the common wisdom of the police, and refused to accept the status quo that she should shut up and let the 'good men' rescue her from what the 'bad man' had done. She warned the women in her neighbourhood, leading to the rapist's arrest, fought to be allowed to watch his trial, and then took the Toronto police force to court for incompetence and lack of accountability. Jane Doe challenged the justice system, the police, and the stereotype about rape - and won. Some strong language and descriptions of sex and violence. 2003.