Owen Schalk
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From  NEW! Canada wages war on LibyaFrom: Targeting Libya |
This chapter details how as NATO’s war escalated, SNC-Lavalin scrambled to rescue its Libya deals while Canada became a leading participant in a bombing campaign that sidelined African … | Owen Schalk | 31 | 2025 | $3.10 Add |
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From NEW! Canada’s "international responsibility"From: Targeting Libya |
The chapter traces how Canadian capital and engineering firms like SNC and Lavalin became tools of Ottawa’s anti-communist foreign policy during the Cold War, while Western powers tightened … | Owen Schalk | 12 | 2025 | $1.20 Add |
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From  NEW! Chapter 1: Tools of Canadian foreign policyFrom: Canada In Afghanistan |
In this chapter Schalk summarizes key moments in Canada’s political history that influenced Canada’s foreign policy leading up to, and including the years during Canada’s … | Owen Schalk | 14 | 2023 | $1.40 Add |
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From NEW! Chapter 2: Liberals and Conservatives: A difference of brandingFrom: Canada In Afghanistan |
In this chapter, Schalk discusses how both the Conservative and Liberal parties have historically branded themselves and Canada, and how these branding efforts have influenced the public’s … | Owen Schalk | 13 | 2023 | $1.30 Add |
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From NEW! Chapter 3: Afghanistan before 9/11From: Canada In Afghanistan |
In this chapter, Schalk describes the political landscape of Afghanistan pre-war. He provides context to The United States’ motivations to occupy Afghanistan by documenting the history … | Owen Schalk | 10 | 2023 | $1.00 Add |
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From NEW! Chapter 4: Oil and minerals: Canada’s secret stake in AfghanistanFrom: Canada In Afghanistan |
In this chapter, Schalk discusses the abundance of gas, oil, and minerals that made Afghanistan an attractive entity to control. Schalk details both Canada and The United States’ attempts … | Owen Schalk | 11 | 2023 | $1.10 Add |
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From NEW! Chapter 5: Canadian counterinsurgencyFrom: Canada In Afghanistan |
In this chapter, Schalk discusses the catalyst for Canada’s role in the occupation of Afghanistan. Breaking down the true geopolitical motives that led to the Canadian military’s … | Owen Schalk | 36 | 2023 | $3.60 Add |
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From NEW! Chapter 6: Underdeveloping AfghanistanFrom: Canada In Afghanistan |
In this chapter, Schalk analyzes the consequences of foreign countries imposing their aid in the development of Afghanistan. He critiques the prioritization of pro market policies prior to … | Owen Schalk | 18 | 2023 | $1.80 Add |
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From NEW! Chapter 7: A propaganda systemFrom: Canada In Afghanistan |
In this chapter Schalk discusses the Canadian government’s strategic portrayal of their mission in Afghanistan, highlighting the use of media censorship and celebrity endorsement to … | Owen Schalk | 22 | 2023 | $2.20 Add |
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From NEW! Conclusion: Beyond mythologized historyFrom: Canada In Afghanistan |
In the conclusion to his book, Schalk summarizes the impacts of Canada’s role in the war in Afghanistan. Highlighting Ottawa’s consistent lack of retrospection, the expansion of the … | Owen Schalk | 12 | 2023 | $1.20 Add |
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From NEW! ForewordFrom: Targeting Libya |
This chapter argues that Canada’s little analyzed role in the 20011 NATO-led war on Libya reveals a foreign policy that is driven by corporate interests and geopolitical advantage,despite … | Owen Schalk | 3 | 2025 | $0.30 Add |
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From NEW! Globalization and the end of an alternativeFrom: Targeting Libya |
This chapter explores the neoliberal agenda of the 1990s and how Canadian military interests aligned with those of the US around the globe while SNC-Lavalin grew in influence. In Libya there were … | Owen Schalk | 14 | 2025 | $1.40 Add |
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From NEW! "He will not last long"From: Targeting Libya |
In this chapter Arab Spring protests in Libya, fuelled by inequality, corruption, and the Abu Salim massacre, rapidly turned into an armed civil war that Western governments both culitivated and … | Owen Schalk | 13 | 2025 | $1.30 Add |
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From NEW! Introduction: Canada’s role in the "War on Terror" Introduction: “War on Terror”From: Canada In Afghanistan |
In the introduction to his book, Schalk discusses the Canadian government’s obfuscation of its own motives in becoming involved in the war in Afghanistan. He explores the propaganda that … | Owen Schalk | 30 | 2023 | $3.00 Add |
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From NEW! LibyaYear Zero From: Targeting Libya |
This chapter looks at the close ties that developed between Canada and SNC Lavalin and the Qadaffi regime in the early 2000s and the dramatic shift in this relationship only a few years later, … | Owen Schalk | 6 | 2025 | $0.60 Add |
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From NEW! Libya from the Ottomans to King IdrisFrom: Targeting Libya |
This chapter traces Libya’s history over centuries of foreign domination and the fight among Western countries over the control of its oil wealth and the rise of Muammar Qadaffi, who, … | Owen Schalk | 8 | 2025 | $0.80 Add |
