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2004., Adult, Thomas Allen Publishers Call No: 355.00971 G748b Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: An outstanding collection of firsthand accounts from the front lines of our military history, drawn from letters, diaries, and reportage from the Plains of Abraham and the Red River Rebellion to the battlefields of two world wars and Korea, as well as the harrowing missions in Bosnia and Afghanistan. This is a book that animates our past in the words of those who lived the Canadian military experience.
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1980., National Historic Parks and Sites Branch, Parks Canada Call No: 724 Y75b Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Canadian historic sites Volume: 23.
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c1968], McClelland and Stewart Call No: 971 H246c Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Canadian illustrated library
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By Dyer, Gwynne2014., Adult, Random House Canada Call No: 971.06 D996c Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "A serious contemplation of what it means to engage in major world conflicts, and the price we pay when we do. The First World War was Canada's baptism of fire. From 1914 to 1918, after a century of peace, Canadians were plunged back into the old world of great power rivalries and great wars. Canadians were volunteers. We didn't have to fight, but we chose to, out of loyalty to ideas and institutions that today many of us no longer believe in. And we have been doing the same thing ever since, although we haven't quite given up on the latest set of ideas and institutions yet. Gwynne Dyer moves back and forth between the seminal event, the First World War, and all the later conflicts that Canada chose to fight in. He draws parallels between these conflicts, with the same idealism among the young soldiers, and the same deeply conflicted emotions among the survivors, surfacing time and again in every war right down to Afghanistan. And in each case, the same arguments pro and con arise -- mostly from people who are a long, safe way from the killing grounds. Echoing throughout the book are the voices of the people who lived through the wars: the veterans, the politicians, the historians, the eyewitnesses. Dyer revisits the events and puts them in context, pausing to ask such questions as 'What if we hadn't fought Hitler?' and 'Is war written in our genes?' This book casts an unsparing eye over what happens when Canada and the great powers get in the war business. Gwynne Dyer holds a Ph.D. in war studies from the University of London and lives in London, UK"--Provided by publisher.
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2001., Adult, CANAV Books Call No: 358.40097 M638c (v.1) Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: No-one interested in the history of Canadian military aviation will want to miss this 3-volume (eventually 4) series from Larry Milberry! With its vast text and more than 2000 photos, Canada's Air Force at War and Peace is the grandest of all publications dealing with the Royal Canadian Air Force, its predecessors and successors. This series is something that no air force veterans will want to miss. Canada's Air Force at War and Peace begins with the major role played during WWI by Canadians in the Royal Flying Corps and Royal Naval Air Service. Volume 1 begins in 1914 with the one-plane Canadian Aviation Corps, then moves to Canada's part in the British air services. The emphasis is on new material. With more than 30,000 words and 80 photos covering Canadians on fighters, bombers, coastal patrol & training, Chapter 1 gets CAFWP off to an exciting start. Chapter 2 covers the interwar years, tracing the CAF/RCAF from its civil-oriented start in photography & surveying, fisheries & sovereignty patrols, treaty flights & training. With little money the RCAF grows more military. Dozens of photos take you from HS-2L to Atlas, Siskin, Stranraer, Hurricane. Chapter 3 deals with Canada on the homefront 1939-45. Besides some 42,000 words, with 230 photos the visual coverage is spectacular. Main themes include: BCATP, home defence, domestic transport, and industry (Tiger Moths, Lancasters, etc.). Vol.1 finishes by taking you afield in the first overseas chapter -- Day Fighters 1939-45. This is another knock-out, starting with Canadians in the pre-war RAF, moving to No.1 Squadron in the Battle of Britain, on to post D-Day and the march through Europe, Far East, etc. Hurricanes, Mustangs, Spitfires, Thunderbolts & Typhoons fly off the pages. Published 2000, 296 pages, 700 black & white photographs, hardcover, large format (9" x 12") Never has so much RCAF/CF history been combined with such a photo collection. Writes the Halifax Sunday Herald of Vol.1: "This compelling volume can best be described as a combination history lesson, yearbook ... and biography ... a fitting tribute to the countless air force personnel and their families who risked everything for their country." In September 2000 Britain's prestigious Scale Aviation Modeller International selected Vol.1 as its "Book of the Month": "Well, what can we say! This is a book that truly deserves the 'must have' title... one that all RCAF and Canadian aviation fans will want to add to their collection." Writes Airforce: "Milberry has pulled off another winner ... the most comprehensive history of Canada's air force ever produced." In his review in Canadian Flight Bob Merrick announces "the grand-daddy of all Christmas presents for air force vets ... one aeronautical treat after another ... a superb work to delight all RCAF or CF veterans".
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2000., Adult, CANAV Books Call No: 358.40097 M638c (v.2) Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: With its vast text and more than 2000 photos, Canada's Air Force At War And Peace, is the grandest of all publications dealing with the Royal Canadian Air Force, its predecessors and successors. This 3-volume series is something that no air force veteran will want to miss. No-one interested in the history of Canadian military aviation will want to miss this 3-volume series from Larry Milberry! Volume 2 completes 1939-45. Chapters 1 & 2 cover night fighters, intruders & medium bombers. Much on Canadians on Defiants, Beaufighters & Mosquitos, the former a period of frustration, the latter of success. Many personal stories end happily, but sad times also fill the pages. Chapter 3 deals with Bomber Command, beginning with Canadians on RAF squadrons, then moves to the first RCAF squadrons on Hampdens & Wellingtons. With some 70,000 words, Chapter 3 says much of the bombing campaign. If CAFWP has a brutal chapter, this is it -- some 10,000 young Canadians die on bombers. Chief data sources are the official 6 Group records + diaries, logs & albums of the men who were there. Chapter 4 studies Coastal Command on Beaufighters, Liberators, Sunderlands, etc. 60,000 words of new coverage and photos. While RCAF at War revealed new material on the Hornell VC, more is added here. Special coverage of 422 & 423 Sqns (Sunderlands) is not to be missed, nor are the excerpts from combat reports. Air transport is the theme of Chapter 5, with more of Norseman, Dakota, Fortress, etc. War art + awards & decorations complete Published 2000, 256 pages, 600 black & white photographs, hardcover, large format (9" x 12").
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c2011., McGill-Queen's University Press Call No: QWF 778.9 L278c Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library
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By Boyko, John2021., Adult, Knopf Random Vintage Canada Call No: 959.70 B789d Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: In time for the 45th anniversary of the fall of Saigon, and in the style of his book 'Blood and Daring: How Canada Fought the American Civil War' and 'Forged a Nation', John Boyko brings to light the little-known story of Canada's involvement in the American War in Vietnam. Boyko lives in Lakefield, ON. .
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2005., Douglas & McIntrye ; Distributed in the U.S. by Publishers Group West Call No: 940.5421 Z94h Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library
