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The Anti-Communist Police State

From: Patriots, Traitors and Empires

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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 … 18 $1.80 Add
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The Dark Heart of Peacekeeping

From: Canada in the World

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War in the Gulf – The Peacekeeping Horizon – The Somalia Affair – “Ethnic Tension” and the Rwanda Genocides – Saint Roméo Dallaire – Paul Kagame, … 50 $5.00 Add
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The Destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

From: Myths of Modern History

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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 … 23 $2.30 Add
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The Directorate of Professional Education and Development and the Rationalization of the Canadian Military Colleges

From: To Serve Canada

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The Canadian Defence Educational Establishment office having already been quietly disbanded during the preceding year, a Directorate of Professional Education and Development (DPED) would take … 19 $2.47 Add
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The Liberation of Italy

A Fateful Precedent

From: The Myth of the Good War

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Looks at the liberation of Italy in 1943 and how this process set a precendent for other liberation efforts. 9 $0.90 Add
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The Titans Exit the Admiralty

From: Churchill and Fisher

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Historian Barry Gough examines the year 1915 focusing on Winston Churchill’s and Jack Fisher’s disagreements coming to a breaking point that see Fisher resign from the Admiralty and … 45 $4.50 Add
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“They wanted to humiliate us”: The Story of Guy Sirois

Chapter Eleven

From: Bombs and Barbed Wire

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Chapter Eleven focuses on the story of Guy Sirois from Saint-Hilaire, New Brunswick, describing his time in the Far East, capture by the Japanese, his captivity, conditioning of the working … 13 $1.30 Add
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Canada’s War on Terror

From: Canada in the World

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Afghanistan: Canada’s Longest War – “They Don’t Deserve Our Help” – “What the Afghans Need Is Colonizing” – Canada in the War on Terror … 54 $5.40 Add
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Say ‘Resurgam’!

From: Churchill and Fisher

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Historian Barry Gough examines Winston Churchill’s defence of the Dardanelles campagin despite high casualities and cost while Jack Fisher takes a position at the Admiralty Board of … 45 $4.50 Add
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Self-help

From: Equal as Citizens

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1990s. Looks at the emergence of a counter to the Welfare State built on two tennents self-help through entrepreneurship and economic efficiency through intergovernmental cooperation using the … 13 $1.30 Add
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Serving Personnel at RMC

From: To Serve Canada

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This chapter outlines the introduction into the RMC course of personnel already serving in the armed forces with and without commissions. 13 $1.69 Add
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The Long Summer of 1944

From: The Myth of the Good War

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Looks at Operation Overload and landing in Normady in the summer of 1944 as a race for Britain and America to beat the Soviets to Berlin. Also looks at liberation in that summer and trying to … 10 $1.00 Add
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The United States, Champion of Democracy?

From: Myths of Modern History

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This chapter explores how in theory US foreign policy and ceaseless military ventures promote democracy, but in reality they seek to achieve corporate desiderata such as worldwide open doors for … 25 $2.50 Add
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Washington’s Power Projection Platform in the Pacific

From: Patriots, Traitors and Empires

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Chapter eleven, Washington’s Power Projection Platform in the Pacific focuses on the shift in shift in politics in South Korea by 1993. The Berlin Wall had fallen, the German Democratic … 10 $1.00 Add
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The Successes of the Red Army and the Yalta Agreements

From: The Myth of the Good War

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Looks at the success of the Soviet forces in their liberation efforts and analyzes the Yalta Agreement for Europe’s post-war reorganization. 12 $1.20 Add
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Conclusion

From: Bombs and Barbed Wire

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The Conclusion reflects on the sacrifice of these men and the many more in the Canadian war effort and how they should be remembered. 2 $0.20 Add