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From  The Empire of Japan |
Chapter One The Empire of Japan/i> focuses on the rise of Japanese imperialism and colonialism in Korea. As an emerging industrial power, Japan required access to vital raw materials necessary … | Stephen Gowans | 23 | 2018 | $2.30 Add |
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From  The End and the BeginningFrom: Family Ties |
This chapter discusses how Nazi collaborators and the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists attempted to organize after the Soviet’s ocupation of Galicia. | Peter McFarlane | 16 | 2024 | $1.60 Add |
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From  The Era of Good IntentionsFrom: Equal as Citizens |
1950s – 1960s. The beginnings of medicare and the Canadian Pension Plans are explored | Richard Starr | 16 | 2014 | $1.60 Add |
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From  The Establishment of POW Camps in Canada and the Transfer of the Captured Afrika Corpsmen to Canada 1941-1942From: Hanged in Medicine Hat |
In this chapter, Greenfield traces how Canada accepted captured German Afrika Corpsmen between 1941 and 1942, following the North African campaigns. He describes Private August Plaszek’s … | Nathan Greenfield | 9 | 2022 | $0.90 Add |
 The Fall of New FranceHow the French lost a North American empire 1754-1763 |
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 … | 96 | View | ||
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From  The Fenian Threat |
Details the rise of the Fenians, their goals, and their invasion of Canada in the 1860s. | Cheryl MacDonald | 19 | 2017 | $1.90 Add |
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From The First Real Holy War |
In the conclusion, The First Real Holy War Gowans reflects on the long struggle for freedom and the future of colonized states across the world. | Stephen Gowans | 3 | 2018 | $0.30 Add |
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From  NEW! The Fourteenth Mission: The Story of Joseph Laurie CormierChapter Four From: Bombs and Barbed Wire |
Chapter Four focuses on the story of Laurie Cormier of Moncton, New Brunswick, describing his time as a tail gunner for the No. 427 “Lion” Squadron of the RCAF, his capture as a … | Ronald Cormier | 21 | 2022 | $2.10 Add |
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From  NEW! The French RevolutionFrom: Myths of Modern History |
The book begins with the myth of the French Revolution, the “original catastrophe” (Urkatastrofe, to use a term coined by German historians) of modern history, and the wars that … | Jacques R. Pauwels | 34 | 2022 | $3.40 Add |
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From The Frontier War — 1756From: The Fall of New France |
Separates the Frontier War of 1756 into Preparations for the campaign, Oswego (Montcalm’s first victory), Native Warfare, and reorganization in the English Colonies | Ronald J. Dale | 7 | 2004 | $0.70 Add |
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From  The Future of the WorldFrom: The Third Man |
In this chapter, Thompson traces the military and diplomatic manoeuvres of late 1942 and early 1943, when Mackenzie King and Franklin Roosevelt shaped Allied visions for the post-war world. | Neville Thompson | 30 | 2021 | $3.00 Add |
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From The Ghost of Дід Хом’як and the Krakivski VistiFrom: Family Ties |
This chapter examines Chrystia Freeland’s role as Canada’s minister of Foreign Affairs and her focus on Ukrainian relations. | Peter McFarlane | 9 | 2024 | $0.90 Add |
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From The Gunboats Arrive |
Details the arrival of the British gunboats — Britomart, Heron, Cherub — to Ontario in the summer of 1866. | Cheryl MacDonald | 20 | 2017 | $2.00 Add |
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From  NEW! "The hottest of hot spots"From: Targeting Libya |
This chapter looks at the period of the late 2000s, when Libya’s uneasy opening to foreign investment exacerbated internal political battles while SNC-Lavalin courted the Qadaffi sons with … | Owen Schalk | 8 | 2025 | $0.80 Add |
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From  The Infantilization of QuebecThe Myth of Unity From: National Dreams |
The author presents the opposing view points on the Battle of Quebec. For generations, while Quebec historians characterized the Battle of Quebec as a catastrophe, English-Canadian historians … | Daniel Frances | 49 | 1997 | $1.96 Add |
 The InvisiblesA History of the Royal Newfoundland Companies |
During the tumultuous and often violent election riots of 1861, members of the Royal Newfoundland Companies opened fire on a crowd of rioters, killing three and wounding several others. In the … | James E. Candow | 256 | 2019 | View |
