Canadians and War Volume 1

Canadians and War Volume 1 brings together four diverse works of research from four Canadian scholars. Canada's military history is a living, breathing thing, with endless perspectives and accounts to be heard, and this collection seeks to bring some of those little-known stories to light. See the effects of Canada's proud military history throughout the world and the century. Go to a Maritime fishing village in "Lunenburg's 'Quiet Riot' and Maritime Resistance to the 1917 Military Service Act" by Maryanne Lewell. Fly high above Sicily in "Canada's Eagles over HUSKY: Canadian Airmen in the Battle of Sicily" by Alexander Fitzgerald-Black. Experience the Dutch occupation through the eyes of a child in "Who Were Their Liberators?" by Matthew Douglass. Finally, let Lieutenant Colonel W.A. Leavey, (retired) bring his four decades of military experience to hilarious light in "Canadian Army Humour: Second World War." Jeremy Lammi (Editor) Jeremy Lammi received a Masters of Strategic Studies from the University of Calgary. He is the president of Lammi Publishing Inc. Maryanne Lewell (Author) Maryanne Lewell is a PhD candidate at the University of New Brunswick, where she is studying the Acadians of the Maritime Provinces in the Great War.

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Release date

E-bog: 7. november 2016