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Hubris

Hubris

From: History's People

From History’s People: Personalities and the Past 70 $7.00 Add
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Bombs and Barbed Wire
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“I was always apprehensive”: The Story of Ulysse Gallant

Chapter Three

From: Bombs and Barbed Wire

Chapter Three focuses on the story of Ulysse Gallant, from Moncton, New Brunswick, describing his career in the army with the New Brunswick Rangers before the war, joining the airforce and … 13 $1.30 Add
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Imperialism

Imperialism

From: Patriots, Traitors and Empires

Chapter two, Imperialism focuses on defining imperialism and how it relates to both the history of Korea and its present day geopolitics. Imperialism is the activity, enterprise and methodology … 17 $1.70 Add
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Improvising a Navy

Improvising a Navy

From: Gunboats on the Great Lakes 1866-68

Details the response to the Fenian attack of 1866 and how a navy was brought together in the 1860s to defend Canada. 35 $3.50 Add
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Institutional Bilingualism

Institutional Bilingualism

From: To Serve Canada

Bilingualism at RMC in principle and in practice. 11 $1.43 Add
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Acknowledgements

Acknowledgements

From: Fastest in the World

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Introduction

Introduction

From: Canada's Bastions of Empire

explains how the information of Canada’s defenses on the homefront are missing from the historical account of the Great War, outlines some geo-political information of importance to the … 9 $0.90 Add
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Introduction

Introduction

A Few Acres of Snow

From: The Fall of New France

Sets up the background information to really understand the fall of new france through looking at The New World, King William’s War 1689-1697, Queen Anne’s War 1701-1713, King … 8 $0.80 Add
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Introduction

Introduction

From: The Invisibles

In the introduction, Candow provides a brief overview of the involvement of the British military in Newfoundland throughout the 19th century. 5 $0.50 Add
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Introduction

From: Asleep in the Deep

The introduction summarizes the events surrounding the German sinking of the Canadian Hospital Ship Llandovery Castle in World War I. Following the war, the actions of the U-boat commander and … 5 $0.50 Add
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Introduction

Introduction

From: New Brunswick and the Navy

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Introduction

Introduction

From: The Bitter Harvest of War

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Introduction

Introduction

From: What We Talk About When We Talk About War

The author introduces the book’s subject, discussing war, militarism, masculinity, nationalism, and Canadian perceptions/depictions of war in literature, media, and popular culture. 35 $3.50 Add
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Bombs and Barbed Wire
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Introduction

From: Bombs and Barbed Wire

The Introduction highlights the role of Acadians in every theatre of the Second World War and states the book’s objective of bringing their stories to a wider audience. 3 $0.30 Add
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Introduction

From: War Among the Clouds

J. Brent Wilson opens this section with insight into the impact that air operations made during the Great War, introducing the part New Brunswick airmen played in the war. 2 $0.20 Add
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Fighting to Lose

From: Disarming Conflict

The record of warfare over the past quarter century makes it abundantly clear that sheer military force rarely achieves the vital political objectives its commanders set out to gain. Such force … 18 $1.80 Add