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Price: $70.00

Format:
Hardback 528 pp.
150 b/w illustrations, 71 colour illustrations, and 30 maps, 7.5" x 9.625"

ISBN-10:
0195430883

ISBN-13:
9780195430882

Publication date:
October 2010

Imprint: OUP Canada

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The Oxford Companion to Canadian Military History

J. L. Granatstein and Dean F. Oliver

The battle of Vimy Ridge, the Dieppe raid, the Italian Campaign: the Canadian military has been indispensable to many of the greatest victories - and disasters - of our time. The evolution of Canada as a military power is chronicled here by military historians J.L. Granatstein and Dean F. Oliver in this authoritative and highly readable book.

Their entries include concise biographies from James Wolfe to Louis Riel to Rick Hillier; key military-political issues like the conscription crises, war finance, and Canada-US relations; lesser-known conflicts such as the Pig War and the Aroostook War; and more recent issues facing the Canadian Forces, including sexual harassment and post-traumatic stress disorder. We see Canada through an international lens as a war fighter and a peacekeeper - and as a participant in some darker moments (as in the Somalia Affair of the 1990s).

Rare photographic material and original wartime paintings (reproduced in full colour) illustrate the people, events, and hardware that define Canada's military history. Additional material includes a timeline chart and a list of ministers and military chiefs. An authoritative guide and compelling read, The Oxford Companion to Canadian Military History reminds us of our collective history that we must continue to investigate, understand, and now - more than ever - remember.

Readership : This title will sell into a range of markets: those with a perennial interest in military matters as well as Canadian history, students, and historians of Canada, and those who have an ongoing concern with US-Canadian relations (policymakers, etc.).

Reviews

  • "Written with expertise, clarity, and verve."

    --Canada's History Magazine


  • "Extremely useful resource...fascinating."

    --Times Literary Supplement


  • "Indispensable."

    --Jonathan Vance, Professor of History, University of Western Ontario



  • "A landmark in Canadian historiography - a wholly new approach to the research and writing of our country's military history."

    --Paul Chapin, On Track (Conference of Defence Associations journal)

List of Maps
Preface
Acknowledgements
Timeline
The Oxford Companion to Canadian Military History
Appendix: Ministers and Military Chiefs
Illustration Credits

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J.L. Granatstein is an award-winning historian who has received the Order of Canada and the Pierre Berton Award, among other distinctions. For over 30 years he was a professor of Canadian History at York University, and later the Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Canadian War Museum. He is the author of over 60 books, including A Dictionary of Canadian Military History, Who Killed Canadian History?, Yankee Go Home?, Who Killed The Canadian Military?, The Generals, and Victory 1945.

Dean F. Oliver is the Director of Research and Exhibitions at the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa and an Adjunct Research Professor at Carleton University's Department of History. In 2010 he was made a Knight in the Order of Orange-Nassau by Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands in honour of his contributions to history.

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Battlefield - Edited by Richard Holmes and Martin Marix Evans

Canadian Poetry from World War I - Edited by Joel Baetz

Special Features

  • Over 220 original photographs, paintings, and maps, many of which have not been seen before
  • Highly respected authors: J.L. Granatstein's honours include the Order of Canada, the Pierre Berton Award, the National History Award, the J.W. Dafoe Prize, the UBC Medal for Canadian Biography, the Canadian Authors Association's Lela Common Award for Canadian History, the J.B. Tyrrell Historical Medal, and the Vimy Award. He has also received many honorary degrees.
  • Recently knighted by the Netherlands, Dean F. Oliver is the chief curator of the Canadian War Museum, and has access to considerable unpublished material
  • Published in association with the Canadian War Museum, which has given us access to rare archival material that has not been seen by the general public
  • Highly readable entries include compelling accounts of central international battles, key political analysis, and defining historical events