Military
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From  NEW! That Men May FightWomen and Military Service during the World Wars From: Material Traces of War |
This chapter describes what some Canadian women did in the military along with how they pushed and lobbied for expanded roles. From military nurses in both wars, to paramilitary auxiliary corps, … | Krista Cooke; Molly McCullough; Stacey Barker | 71 | 2021 | $7.10 Add |
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From  The Anti-Communist Police State |
Chapter ten, Anti-Communist Police State After 1953 focuses on Washington’s commitment to rolling back communism in Korea. From the very first moments that Koreans had fought for freedom … | Stephen Gowans | 18 | 2018 | $1.80 Add |
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From  The Beginning of the End for New France — 1758From: The Fall of New France |
Looks at Louisbourg, Fort Carillon, Fort Frontenacm, The Fall of Fort Duquesne, Montcalm’s Dilemma to explain what lead to French defeat | Ronald J. Dale | 12 | 2004 | $1.20 Add |
 The Bitter Harvest of WarNew Brunswick and the Conscription Crisis of 1917 |
In 1917, the Canadian Corps captured Vimy Ridge in northern France, and a myth grew that Canada — as a nation — was born on its slopes. But the cost was tremendous: 10,000 Canadians … | 120 | View | ||
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From  NEW! The BreweriesFrom: Bottoms Up |
Chapter 9 provides a brief history of the various brewing companies that have operated in Newfoundland. | Sheilah Roberts Lukins | 12 | 2020 | $1.20 Add |
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From The Campaign of 1950-1953 |
Chapter nine, The Campaign of 1950-1953 provides a Korean perspective on the Korean War. From the perspective of the Republic of Korea, the movement of its military forces north of the 38th … | Stephen Gowans | 18 | 2018 | $1.80 Add |
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From  NEW! The Canada-Libya thawFrom: Targeting Libya |
In this chapter Canadian prime minister Paul Martin’s 2004 tent meeting with Qadhafi symbolized how Canadian diplomacy, corporate interests (especially SNC-Lavalin and oil firms), and … | Owen Schalk | 6 | 2025 | $0.60 Add |
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From  The Canadian Defence Educational Establishments and Canadian Military Professionalism in RMCFrom: To Serve Canada |
The Department of National Defence transforms the ad hoc Officer Development Board into a permanent agency, the Canadian Defence Educational Establishments. CDEE was expected to carry out General … | Richard Preston | 17 | 1991 | $2.21 Add |
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From The Capitulation — 1760From: The Fall of New France |
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, … | Ronald J. Dale | 13 | 2004 | $1.30 Add |
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From The Colonials to the Fore — 1755From: The Fall of New France |
Looks at the beginnings of the conflict, the underlying tensions between England and France, the population disparity between english colonials and French Canada. Specifically looks at training … | Ronald J. Dale | 17 | 2004 | $1.70 Add |
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From The Conquest — 1759From: The Fall of New France |
Outlines the siege of Quebec, the capture of lake Champlain, the Fall of Niagara, Bombardment of Quebec, the collatoral damage of the conquest | Ronald J. Dale | 15 | 2004 | $1.50 Add |
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From  The Continuous Vibration of Animal Spirits:On the Why of Nostalgia From: On Nostalgia |
This chapter discusses nostalgia as a feeling, and the history of nostalgia, from antiquity to the present, moving out of the medical into the cultural realm. Why it is important to describe … | David Berry | 21 | 2020 | $2.10 Add |
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From  The Dark Heart of PeacekeepingFrom: Canada in the World |
War in the Gulf – The Peacekeeping Horizon – The Somalia Affair – “Ethnic Tension” and the Rwanda Genocides – Saint Roméo Dallaire – Paul Kagame, … | Tyler A. Shipley | 50 | 2020 | $5.00 Add |
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From  NEW! The Death March: The Story of Léo VienneauChapter Nine From: Bombs and Barbed Wire |
Chapter Nine focuses on the story of Léo Vienneau from Caraquet Island, New Brunswick, describing his time with the riflemen of Les Fusiliers Mont-Royal, time as a corporal with B Company, … | Ronald Cormier | 13 | 2022 | $1.30 Add |
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From  The Democratic Republic of the Congo, 1961 |
In this chapter,Engler and Schalk examine Canada’s military and political role in the overthrow and assassination of Patrice Lumumba, the first prime minister of the Democratic Republic of … | Owen Schalk; Yves Engler | 15 | 2024 | $1.50 Add |
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From  NEW! The Destruction of Hiroshima and NagasakiFrom: Myths of Modern History |
Pauwels examines the mythologized narratives surrounding the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, which America’s mainstream media has long presented as a tragic necessity in order to force … | Jacques R. Pauwels | 23 | 2022 | $2.30 Add |
