Military
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From  The Shot Heard Round the World — 1754From: The Fall of New France |
Looks at the English Colonies, New France, their rival claims in the Ohio Valley, and the "Assassination" of Jumonville | Ronald J. Dale | 8 | 2004 | $0.80 Add |
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From  NEW! The SNC-Lavalin affairFrom: Targeting Libya |
This chapter details how SNC-Lavalin evaded serious punishment for its Libyan bribery scandal through political lobbying and a plea deal in Canada, while Libya now lay in ruins. | Owen Schalk | 11 | 2025 | $1.10 Add |
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From  The Successes of the Red Army and the Yalta Agreements From: The Myth of the Good War |
Looks at the success of the Soviet forces in their liberation efforts and analyzes the Yalta Agreement for Europe’s post-war reorganization. | Jacques R. Pauwels | 12 | 2015 | $1.20 Add |
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From  NEW! The Tide of War Turns in Front of MoscowFrom: Myths of Modern History |
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 … | Jacques R. Pauwels | 21 | 2022 | $2.10 Add |
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From  The Titans at the AdmiraltyFrom: Churchill and Fisher |
Historian Barry Gough examines the return of Jack Fisher to the Admiralty and his work with Winston Churchill to further the war effort during 1914-1915. He focuses on Coronel and the Falklands, … | Barry Gough | 57 | 2017 | $5.70 Add |
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From The Titans Exit the AdmiraltyFrom: Churchill and Fisher |
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 … | Barry Gough | 45 | 2017 | $4.50 Add |
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From  The Transition from Civilian to Military NursingFrom: Asleep in the Deep |
Having passed a personality test with the emphasis focused on suitability, character, and willingness to conform to the rules, Anna Stamers enrolled in the Saint John School of Nursing and … | Dianne Kelly | 14 | 2021 | $1.40 Add |
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From NEW! The United States, Champion of Democracy?From: Myths of Modern History |
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 … | Jacques R. Pauwels | 25 | 2022 | $2.50 Add |
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From The United States, the Soviets, and the Post-war Fate of Germany From: The Myth of the Good War |
Looks at the difficulty and complexity of dealing with post-war Germany and how it was not as simple as other texts and resources have made it out to be. | Jacques R. Pauwels | 21 | 2015 | $2.10 Add |
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From  The US Occupation |
Chapter four, The US Occupation focuses on the reasoning behind American interests in the Korean Peninsula after the Second World War. He focuses on the perspective of the American, Soviets, and … | Stephen Gowans | 14 | 2018 | $1.40 Add |
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From  The Vimy Effect |
The author discusses militarism and nationalism in Canada, exploring Canadian military history, Vimy Ridge’s special role in Canadian culture, and perceptions of war and military culture. … | Noah Richler | 77 | 2012 | $7.70 Add |
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From The War Against Communists of the South |
Chapter six, The War Against Communists of the South focuses on the brutal measures the US occupation forces and their Korean subalterns look to suppress communism and communist sympathies in the … | Stephen Gowans | 6 | 2018 | $0.60 Add |
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From The War Becomes a Mission (Impossible) |
This chapter focuses on Canadian public and military policy and the mythologisation of military history versus the reality of war. It discusses violence in our media and culture, "warrior … | Noah Richler | 61 | 2012 | $6.10 Add |
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From  The Watch Is Set, 1749–1858 |
examines how Britain had made Canada part of its strategic thinking for more than 150 years before war broke out in 1914, with focus on the naval basis in Halifax and Victoria | Bryan Elson | 24 | 2014 | $2.40 Add |
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From The Winding Road to the German Surrender(s)From: The Myth of the Good War |
The confusing end of the war and the multiple surrenders and days of commemoration based on which country you ask. | Jacques R. Pauwels | 7 | 2015 | $0.70 Add |
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From  NEW! “They wanted to humiliate us”: The Story of Guy SiroisChapter Eleven From: Bombs and Barbed Wire |
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 … | Ronald Cormier | 13 | 2022 | $1.30 Add |
