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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
Canada’s Bastions of Empire Halifax, Victoria and the Royal Navy 1749-1918 Formac Publishing	This book offers a fresh perspective on North American history, and the key role played by Halifax and Victoria in ensuring that Canada emerged as an independent country in the 20th century. …	Bryan Elson	280	2014	View
Churchill and Fisher The titans at the Admiralty who fought the First World War James Lorimer and Company	A vivid study of the politics and stress of high command, this book describes the decisive roles of young Winston Churchill as political head of the Admiralty during the First World War. …	Barry Gough	656	2017	View
Disarming Conflict Why Peace Cannot Be Won on the Battlefield Between The Lines	Wars fought over the past quarter century have been a spectacular failure. The overwhelming majority end in military stalemate and are settled at the negotiating table, with the grievances that …	Ernie Regehr	232	2015	View
Fastest in the World The Saga of Canada's Revolutionary Hydrofoils Formac Publishing	Like the builders of the Avro Arrow, the pioneers of hydrofoils are celebrated in this book for their world-class accomplishments. When Alexander Graham Bell was experimenting with flying …	John Boileau	98	2004	View
Gunboats on the Great Lakes 1866-68 The British Navy's show of force at the time of Confederation James Lorimer and Company	This book describes British gunboat diplomacy practiced on the Great lakes in the aftermath of the US Civil War when Canada was negotiating Confederation and under Fenian attack. Cheryl MacDonald …	Cheryl MacDonald	192	2017	View
The Fall of New France How the French lost a North American empire 1754-1763 James Lorimer and Company	Two great empires collided in North America in the 1750s when France and Great Britain (with the eager support of Britain’s American colonies) contested control of the Ohio Valley and Nova …	Ronald J. Dale	96	2004	View
To Serve Canada A History of the Royal Military College of Canada University of Ottawa Press	During the four decades following the Second World War, the Royal Military College of Canada has adapted to the need to produce professional career officers by evolving into an academic centre of …	Richard Preston	267	1991	View
Acknowledgements From: Fastest in the World Preview Formac Publishing	Acknowledgements	John Boileau	1	2004	$0.10 Add
From Foreword From: To Serve Canada Preview University of Ottawa Press	Foreword by General A.J.G.D. de Chastelain, Chief of the Defence Staff, 1991.	Richard Preston	2	1991	$0.26 Add
From Introduction Fighting to Lose From: Disarming Conflict Preview Between The Lines	The record of warfare over the past quarter century makes it abundantly clear that sheer military force rarely achieves the vital political objectives its commanders set out to gain. Such force …	Ernie Regehr	18	2015	$1.80 Add
From Introduction A Few Acres of Snow From: The Fall of New France Preview James Lorimer and Company	Sets up the background information to really understand the fall of new france through looking at The New World, King William’s War 1689-1697, Queen Anne’s War 1701-1713, King …	Ronald J. Dale	8	2004	$0.80 Add
From Introduction From: Canada's Bastions of Empire Preview Formac Publishing	explains how the information of Canada’s defenses on the homefront are missing from the historical account of the Great War, outlines some geo-political information of importance to the …	Bryan Elson	9	2014	$0.90 Add
From Preface, A Note on the Board of Admiralty, and Introduction The Daemonic Duo From: Churchill and Fisher Preview James Lorimer and Company	Historian Barry Gough provides an introduction to the board of admiralty and an overview of the history between Churchill and Fisher before the outset of World War One.	Barry Gough	29	2017	$2.90 Add
From Prologue Welcome Guests From: Gunboats on the Great Lakes 1866-68 Preview James Lorimer and Company	Describes how the citizens of Dunnville, Canada welcomed the crew of Her Majesty’s Britomart in 1866 when it was stationed there.	Cheryl MacDonald	7	2017	$0.70 Add
From The Dictionary of Homophobia: A Publisher's note, Preface to the Original Edition, Editor's Preface To the English-Language Edition, Introduction, The Anti-Anthology, Table of Entries, Contributors From: The Dictionary of Homophobia Preview Arsenal Pulp Press	Abnormal (Catherine Deschamps); Adoption (Daniel Borrillo and Thomas Formond), Africa. See Africa, Central & Eastern; Africa, Southern; Africa, Western; Africa, Central & Eastern (Pierre …	Louis-Georges Tin	66	2008	$3.96 Add
From A Quarter Century of Failed Warfare From: Disarming Conflict Preview Between The Lines	-	Ernie Regehr	21	2015	$2.10 Add

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