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Manpower and Integration Problems

From: To Serve Canada

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The long-standing concern in the services about wastage in the Regular Officer Training Plan (ROTP), including the Canadian Services Colleges (esc), was linked with general manpower problems. 15 $1.95 Add
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Peace and Scorched Earth

From: Canada in the World

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The Cold War – Israel, Suez and Canadian Mythology – The Dominion and the Rising Sun – The Scorched Earth of Korea – The Heroes of Dien Bien Phu – Saving Somoza: … 49 $4.90 Add
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Post-Prohibition

Loosening the Noose

From: Bottoms Up

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Chapter 7 explores the relaxing of alcohol related legislation in Newfoundland and the evolution of drinking culture throughout the rest of the 20th century. 14 $1.40 Add
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Supressing a Worldwide Movement of Liberty, Equality and the Unity of Humankind

From: Patriots, Traitors and Empires

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Chapter seven, Suppressing a Worldwide Movement for Liberty, Equality, and the Unity of Humankind focuses on the ideology of the communist movements growing in number across the colonial world, … 9 $0.90 Add
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The Capitulation — 1760

From: The Fall of New France

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Examines the bitter winter, winter warfare, the decision to attack Quebec, the Habitants, the second battle of the Plains of Abraham, Murray’s advance to Montreal, The fall of Ile-aux-Noix, … 13 $1.30 Add
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The Era of Good Intentions

From: Equal as Citizens

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1950s – 1960s. The beginnings of medicare and the Canadian Pension Plans are explored 16 $1.60 Add
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“Like a dream”: The Story of Armand Landry

Chapter Eight

From: Bombs and Barbed Wire

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Chapter Eight focuses on the story of Armand Landry, from Saint-François-de-Madawaska, New Brunswick, his time with the Royal 22nd Regiment or “Van Doos,” his constant companions … 17 $1.70 Add
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A Second Front for Stalin, or a Third Front in the Air?

From: The Myth of the Good War

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1942. Analyzes why the decision not to open a second front was made by the British and American forces 14 $1.40 Add
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Afterwards

From: Canada's Bastions of Empire

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Looks at the homefront from 1915 to 1918 and the defenses. Deals with the tension on the homefront from those who wanted to be sent overseas. 21 $2.10 Add
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Disarming the Bomb

Nuclear Disarmament

From: Disarming Conflict

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Maintaining a Presence

From: Gunboats on the Great Lakes 1866-68

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Describes how the British gunboats were moved around to maintain a presence in the area even though they saw little action from 1866-1868. 6 $0.60 Add
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Honouring and Remembering

From: Asleep in the Deep

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The sinking of the hospital ship Llandovery Castle captured the popular imagination for its wanton cruelty, drama, and the number of non-combatant deaths. Anna Stamers’ memorial service in … 21 $2.10 Add
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Taverns and Bars of St. John’s and Beyond

From: Bottoms Up

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Chapter 8 provides a list of drinking establishments in St. John’s with a brief history of each. 48 $4.80 Add
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The Political Partician of Korea

From: Patriots, Traitors and Empires

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Chapter eight, The Political Partition of Korea focuses on Washington and Moscow’s agreement regarding Korea, which decided that the post-war zonal division of the peninsula would be … 6 $0.60 Add
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The Road to Revolution — 1760–1763

From: The Fall of New France

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Overview of the road to revolution through examining the end of the seven years war, the Native struggle for Sovereignty, the reduction of gifts, the Delaware Prophet, the 1763 uprising, the … 10 $1.00 Add
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The Tide of War Turns in Front of Moscow

From: Myths of Modern History

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Pauwels explores the popular idea that the tide of war turned in June 1944, when the Americans and their allies landed in Normandy; he proposes instead that the tide had turned in the second half … 21 $2.10 Add