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The Canadian Iroquois and the Seven Years' War

By: D. Peter MacLeod,Canadian War Museum

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The Canadian Iroquois and the Seven Years' War

By: D. Peter MacLeod,Canadian War Museum

The participation of the Iroquois of Akwasasne, Kanesetake (Oka), Kahnawake and Oswegatchie in the Seven Years’ War is a long neglected topic. The consequences of this struggle still shape Canadian history. The book looks at the social and economic impact of the war on both men and women in Canadian Iroquois communities. The Canadian Iroquois provides an enhanced appreciation both of the role of Amerindians in the war itself and of their difficult struggle to lead their lives within the unstable geopolitical environment created by European invasion and settlement.

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Dundurn

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1554883164

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9781554883165

A War of Patrols

Canadian Army Operations in Korea

By: William Cameron Johnston,Canadian War Museum

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A War of Patrols

Canadian Army Operations in Korea

By: William Cameron Johnston,Canadian War Museum

The extended peace the world anticipated following the decisive Allied victory in the Second World War was abruptly shattered in June 1950 by the invasion of South Korea by communist North Korea. Responding to a United Nations’ call to assist the South Korean regime, Canada deployed an 8000-man brigade to the peninsula to fight as part of an American-led UN force. This comprehensive account of the Canadian campaign in Korea provides the first detailed study of the training, leadership, operations, and tactics of the brigade under each of its three wartime commanders as well as its relationship with American and Commonwealth allies. An impeccably researched analytical history, the book examines the uneven performance of the various Canadian units and argues that the soldiers of the "Special Force" initially sent to Korea were more thorough and professional in their operations than were the army’s regular battalions that eventually replaced them at the front. The revisionist interpretations of A War of Patrols will attract both academic and military professionals, as well as general readers interested in a fresh look at an important part of Canada’s military past. Published in association with the Canadian War Museum.

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UBC Press

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0774810084

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9780774810081

The Canadian Iroquois and the Seven Years' War

By: D. Peter MacLeod,Canadian War Museum

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By: D. Peter MacLeod,Canadian War Museum

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The Crucible of War, 1939-1945

By: Brereton Greenhous,Sydney F. Wise,Canada. Department of National Defence,Canada. Royal Canadian Air Force,Stephen J. Harris,William C. Johnston,William C. Rawling

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The Crucible of War, 1939-1945

By: Brereton Greenhous,Sydney F. Wise,Canada. Department of National Defence,Canada. Royal Canadian Air Force,Stephen J. Harris,William C. Johnston,William C. Rawling

The RCAF, with a total strength of 4061 officers and men on 1 September 1939, grew by the end of the war to a strength of more than 263,000 men and women. This important and well-illustrated new history shows how they contributed to the resolution of the most significant conflict of our time.

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1148

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University of Toronto Press

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0802005748

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9780802005748

Sam Hughes

The Public Career of a Controversial Canadian, 1885-1916

By: Ronald G. Haycock,Canadian War Museum

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Sam Hughes

The Public Career of a Controversial Canadian, 1885-1916

By: Ronald G. Haycock,Canadian War Museum

This book is based on the public career of a highly controversial Canadian, Sam Hughes 1885–1916. He is one of the most colourful, even bizarre, figures in Canadian history. Though he died in 1921, his name can still conjure up controversy and not a little misunderstanding. His long career—in so many respects the quintessential story of a poor backwoods Ontario farm boy who made good by his own efforts—continues to exert a fascination that few other Canadian political figures could duplicate. Even though there has never been a major scholarly study of Sam Hughes, historians and other writers have developed definite opinions about him, and they are held nearly as vigorously as those of his contemporaries. These vary from insisting that Hughes was mentally unbalanced to proclaiming him a genius. Hughes’ defenders have rarely been professional historians. Neither side have not produced an extensive or definitive literature on Hughes in proportion to other figures of a similar public stature. Whatever side the studies have taken, the assessments are still incomplete because they have not examined the entirety of Sam Hughes’ public life. To a large extent these limitations have allowed the folk image of him to persist. But Hughes had fibre and substance beyond this. Since historical figures must be explained in terms of their environment, this study tries to redress the previous imbalances by examining Hughes’ public career. It is the only way his historical significance can be explained and reasonable judgments made.

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384

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Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press

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0889201773

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9780889201774

Painting the Map Red

Canada and the South African War, 1899-1902

By: Carman Miller,Canadian War Museum

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Painting the Map Red

Canada and the South African War, 1899-1902

By: Carman Miller,Canadian War Museum

A detailed account of Canadian involvement in South Africa's Anglo-Boer War and the impact it had on the country during the years 1899-1902 and beyond. Includes a few bandw photographs. Canadian card order no. C92-090380-0. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

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0773509135

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9780773509139

Canvas of War

Painting the Canadian Experience, 1914 to 1945

By: Dean Frederick Oliver,Laura Brandon,Canadian Museum of Civilization,Canadian War Museum

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Canvas of War

Painting the Canadian Experience, 1914 to 1945

By: Dean Frederick Oliver,Laura Brandon,Canadian Museum of Civilization,Canadian War Museum

From the vaults of the Canadian War Museum comes this selection of 110 seldom-seen images from the First and Second World Wars, drawn from a collection that includes nearly 13,000 paintings and drawings chronicling Canada`s military history. Some of the country`s finest artists--including A.Y. Jackson, Arthur Lismer, Mabel May, Fred Valey and later Alex Colville, Charles Comfort, Pegi Nicol MacLeod and Jack Shadbolt--recorded Canada`s experience of war from battlegrounds in the air, on land and at sea, on the homefront and abroad. Interwoven here with a compelling text, these works of art present a rich, varied and personal view of Canadians at war. While the images poignantly illustrate battle-weary soldiers capturing Vimy Ridge, fighter aircraft streaking across the open sky, desperate sailors drowning in choppy waters, euphoric, flag-waving crowds celebrating the armistice, military and art experts Dean Oliver and Laura Brandon explore the significance of the events, and unveil the political intrigue and strategic planning that took place behind the front lines. In concise and lucid prose interspersed with excerpts from the artists`and soldiers`own accounts, the authors reveal the links between Canada`s experience in both world wars and the country`s social, political, economic and artistic revolution. For those interested in art, in history and in the Canadian experience of war, Canvas of War is essential reading.

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Canadian Mus of Civilization

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1550548832

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9781550548839

Painting the Map Red

Canada and the South African War, 1899-1902

By: Carman Miller,Canadian War Museum

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Canada and the South African War, 1899-1902

By: Carman Miller,Canadian War Museum

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Charting Northern Waters

Essays for the Centenary of the Canadian Hydrographic Service

By: Canadian Hydrographic Service,Canadian Nautical Research Society

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Charting Northern Waters

Essays for the Centenary of the Canadian Hydrographic Service

By: Canadian Hydrographic Service,Canadian Nautical Research Society

Charting Northern Waters celebrates the achievements and history of the Canadian Hydrographic Service (CHS) and examines a wide range of topics relating to the origins of the CHS and to its subsequent development. Topics include the colonial heritage of hydrography in Canadians waters, the politics behind the creation of the service, and the work of the agencies that were amalgamated with the Georgian Bay Survey to create the new national body.

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306

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0773527109

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9780773527102

Brian Dickson

A Judge's Journey

By: Robert J. Sharpe,Kent Roach,Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History

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Brian Dickson

A Judge's Journey

By: Robert J. Sharpe,Kent Roach,Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History

Engaging and incisive, Brian Dickson: A Judge's Journey traces Dickson's life from a Depression-era boyhood in Saskatchewan, to the battlefields of Normandy, the boardrooms of corporate Canada and high judicial office, and provides an inside look at the work of the Supreme Court during its most crucial period.

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636

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University of Toronto Press

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0802089526

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9780802089526

Guarding the Goldfields

The Story of the Yukon Field Force

By: Edward Lester

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Guarding the Goldfields

The Story of the Yukon Field Force

By: Edward Lester

A history of the Yukon Field Force, an ad hoc unit of the Canadian Militia which only existed for two years, from 1898 to 1900, based on the diary of Edward Lester, an English immigrant who served in the Force as a private soldier. Includes Lester's diary (p.130-206).

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1550020285

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9781550020281

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