The generals: the Canadian army's senior commanders in the Second World War
Biography, War and military biography, Canadian non-fiction, Police and military, World War II
Human-narrated audio
Summary
Granatstein's study of life at the top during the Second World War centres on the most senior ranks in the Canadian Army. Men like Andrew McNaughton, Harold Crerar, Thomas Burns and Guy Simonds had not only to win military campaigns,… but also command the sympathies of bureaucrats and powerful politicians. None, however, forgot they were fighting a war, and that their decisions directly affected the lives of Canadian soldiers. 1993.