Military
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From  Defences, Defenders, and the Coming of War, August 1914 |
Canadian preperations for war, defense of the two fortresses in Halifax and Victoria involved joint army and navy plans | Bryan Elson | 31 | 2014 | $3.10 Add |
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From  NEW! Democracy’s Post-1945 Worldwide Rise and DeclineFrom: Myths of Modern History |
The author examines the myths concerning the winding, up-and-down road taken by democracy from 1945 to the present. He argues that, contrary to conventional wisdom, the 1989 fall of the Berlin … | Jacques R. Pauwels | 26 | 2022 | $2.60 Add |
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From  NEW! Dieppe, August 19, 1942: The Story of John ArsenaultChapter Six From: Bombs and Barbed Wire |
Chapter Six focuses on the story of John Arsenault, from Adamsville, New Brunswick, describing his time with the Royal Canadian Engineers in the 7th Field Company, the failed storming of Dieppe, … | Ronald Cormier | 16 | 2022 | $1.60 Add |
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From  Dinner with AnnFrom: Family Ties |
This chapter focuses on a dinner the author had with Ann Charney, following his visit to Ukraine. It also discusses the Canadian public’s discomfort with the history of Ukrainian Nazi … | Peter McFarlane | 8 | 2024 | $0.80 Add |
 Disarming ConflictWhy Peace Cannot Be Won on the Battlefield |
Wars fought over the past quarter century have been a spectacular failure. The overwhelming majority end in military stalemate and are settled at the negotiating table, with the grievances that … | Ernie Regehr | 232 | 2015 | View |
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From Disarming ConflictA Treaty to Control the Arms Trade From: Disarming Conflict |
Ernie Regehr | 21 | 2015 | $2.10 Add | |
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From Disarming SecurityPreventing War From: Disarming Conflict |
Ernie Regehr | 19 | 2015 | $1.90 Add | |
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From Disarming the BombNuclear Disarmament From: Disarming Conflict |
Ernie Regehr | 23 | 2015 | $2.30 Add | |
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From  Discipline and Desertion |
Describes the discipline that was expected of British Navy sailors in the mid-1860s and details what happened to deserters. | Cheryl MacDonald | 23 | 2017 | $2.30 Add |
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From  Dissension in the NavyFrom: Churchill and Fisher |
Historian Barry Gough examines the opponents of Jack Fisher from 1902-1909 with close attention paid to the relationship between Fisher and Lord Charles Beresford. | Barry Gough | 33 | 2017 | $3.30 Add |
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From  DresdenA Signal for Uncle Joe From: The Myth of the Good War |
Looks at the triple raid bombing of Dresden as intimidation for Stalin. | Jacques R. Pauwels | 17 | 2015 | $1.70 Add |
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From  NEW! Early agricultural states: Islands in the natural economyFrom: Imperialism |
In this chapter, Saul traces the prehistory of imperialism, examining how early agricultural states from the Neolithic Era onward engaged in coercive extraction of resources from conquered lands. | Samir Saul | 6 | 2025 | $0.60 Add |
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From  Early LifeFrom: Asleep in the Deep |
The early life of Nursing Sister Anna Irene Stamers is described as well as the history of her family in Saint John, New Brunswick, including the untimely death of her father and the financial … | Dianne Kelly | 10 | 2021 | $1.00 Add |
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From Epilogue: Maintaining a Presence |
Describes how the British gunboats were moved around to maintain a presence in the area even though they saw little action from 1866-1868. | Cheryl MacDonald | 6 | 2017 | $0.60 Add |
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From  Epilogue: Executing JusticeFrom: Hanged in Medicine Hat |
In this epilogue, Greenfield examines the 1945 to 1946 civilian trials of German prisoners of war accused of murdering fellow POWs at Camp 132 in Medicine Hat, Alberta. | Nathan Greenfield | 16 | 2022 | $1.60 Add |
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From Esquimalt Crisis, August 1914 |
the crisis of defending Victoria when war broke out in 1914 | Bryan Elson | 51 | 2014 | $5.10 Add |
