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Title & Subtitle | Abstract | Contributors | Pages | Year | Purchase |
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From Preparing for WarFrom: Churchill and Fisher |
Historian Barry Gough examines the preperations for war made by Winston Churchill and Jack Fisher (1911-1914) including the naval officers involved, the role of oil, the Mediterranean naval … | Barry Gough | 41 | 2017 | $4.10 Add |
From NEW! ProhibitionExtreme Measures From: Bottoms Up |
Chapter 6 explores the period of prohibition in Newfoundland and Labrador that lasted from 1917-1924 including the factors that led to prohibition and it’s eventual elimination. | Sheilah Roberts Lukins | 19 | 2020 | $1.90 Add |
From The Conquest — 1759From: The Fall of New France |
Outlines the siege of Quebec, the capture of lake Champlain, the Fall of Niagara, Bombardment of Quebec, the collatoral damage of the conquest | Ronald J. Dale | 15 | 2004 | $1.50 Add |
From The Mythologies of Canada’s "Good War"From: Canada in the World |
The Second World War – The Spectre of Jewish Bolshevism – None Is Too Many – Crimes and Contradictions – At War’s End – Death from Above, Death from Below | Tyler A. Shipley | 28 | 2020 | $2.80 Add |
From The Politics of EqualizationFrom: Equal as Citizens |
1950s – 1962 Looks at the origins of equalization in Canada, although the program is usually assiciated with smaller provinces it was originally carried out to accommodate the big provinces | Richard Starr | 14 | 2014 | $1.40 Add |
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 |
From Under the Director of the Regular Officer Training PlanFrom: To Serve Canada |
The creation of the Directorate of the Regular Officer Training Plan (DROTP) and the decision to integrate the Canadian Forces under a single command and administration. | Richard Preston | 15 | 1991 | $1.95 Add |
From ‘Commence Hostilities against Germany’From: Churchill and Fisher |
Historian Barry Gough provides a close examination of the first year of the First World War (1914) with emphasis on Winston Churchill’s contributions. He focuses on the decision to go to … | Barry Gough | 71 | 2017 | $7.10 Add |
From NEW! “Like a load of pigs”: The Story of Alcide GallantChapter Seven From: Bombs and Barbed Wire |
Chapter Seven focuses on the story of Alcide Gallant, from Abrams Village, Prince Edward Island, describing his time Perth Regiment of the 11th Canadian Infantry Brigade of 5th Canadian Armoured … | Ronald Cormier | 11 | 2022 | $1.10 Add |
From NEW! A Pact in 1939, Seed of Victory in 1945From: Myths of Modern History |
This chapter tackles a myth recently "certified" by the European parliament: that WW2 became possible because Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union concluded an “alliance,” … | Jacques R. Pauwels | 30 | 2022 | $3.00 Add |
From Chapter 7Conclusion From: The Invisibles |
Candow concludes by exploring the legacy of the Royal Newfoundland Companies and the ways in which they shaped Newfoundland’s history into the 20th century. | James E. Candow | 10 | 2019 | $1.00 Add |
From ConclusionOn May 4, 2010 |
- | Glenn Leonard; Marc Milner | 5 | 2010 | $0.50 Add |
From Consolidation, September to December 1914 |
Analyzes the threat level to both Halifax and Victoris over the remainder of 1914 and their defenses on the Homefront | Bryan Elson | 35 | 2014 | $3.50 Add |
From Disarming ConflictA Treaty to Control the Arms Trade From: Disarming Conflict |
- | Ernie Regehr | 21 | 2015 | $2.10 Add |
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 |
From Life and Death on a Hospital ShipThe Risks and the Rules From: Asleep in the Deep |
In late March 1918, Anna Samers was transferred to the hospital ship Llandovery Castle which traveled between England and Halifax. This last assignment brought her to the attention of the world. … | Dianne Kelly | 30 | 2021 | $3.00 Add |