A best-selling series in the U.K., Battle Stories presents detailed profiles of the great battles that shaped modern history Dramatic illustrations, maps, and profiles of the battle's key figures Packed with fact boxes, this short introduction is the perfect was to explore these major battles Written by leading experts in world military history ...
A best-selling series in the U.K., Battle Stories presents detailed profiles of the great battles that shaped modern history Dramatic illustrations, maps, and profiles of the battle's key figures Packed with fact boxes, this short introduction is the perfect was to explore these major battles Written by leading experts in world military history ...
Bosworth marked the end of the reign of Richard III and the rise of the Tudor dynasty. Bosworth Field saw the two great dynasties of the day clash on the battlefield: the reigning House of York, led by Richard III, against the rising House of Tudor, led by Henry Tudor, soon to become Henry VII. On August 22, 1485, this penultimate battle in the War of the Roses was fought with the might of the Yorkists ranged against Henry Tudor’s small army. ...
A best-selling series in the U.K., Battle Stories presents detailed profiles of the great battles that shaped modern history Dramatic illustrations, maps, and profiles of the battle's key figures Packed with fact boxes, this short introduction is the perfect was to explore these major battles Written by leading experts in world military history ...
A best-selling series in the U.K., Battle Stories presents detailed profiles of the great battles that shaped modern history Dramatic illustrations, maps, and profiles of the battle's key figures Packed with fact boxes, this short introduction is the perfect was to explore these major battles Written by leading experts in world military history ...
An inventive and ruthless covert force, the Special Operations Executive revolutionized sabotage and infiltration, and inspired many of the classic James Bond characters The first book about the Canadian connection to the WWI-era British black-ops group SOE. Readers will know the SOE from classic films like Bridge over the River Kwai , The Guns of Navarone , not to mention the Bond films and books that drew inspiration from them. Author is a d ...
A collection of essays on the war in Iraq; including pieces by Jean Chretien and John Howard, the prime ministers during the war. When it was declared in 2003, the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq was intensely controversial. While a few of America's partners, like Australia, joined in the war, many, including Canada, refused to take part. However the war in Iraq was viewed at the time, though, it is clear that that war and the war in Afghanista ...
2016 Speaker's Book Award – Shortlisted 2016 Heritage Toronto Book Award – Nominated An account of the women working in high-security, dangerous conditions making bombs in Toronto during the Second World War. What was it like to work in a Canadian Second World War munitions factory? What were working conditions like? Did anyone die? Just how closely did female employees embody the image of “Rosie the Riveter” so popularly advertised t ...
Afghanistan is a long way from both Canada and Australia, but from 2001, fate conspired to bring the three countries together. Following the attacks of September 11, 2001, Australia and Canada joined the U.S. and other Western allies in attacking al-Qaeda bases in Afghanistan. <br/> <br/> Operation Enduring Freedom began on October 4, 2001, but this was only the beginning of a much longer engagement in Afghanistan for both Ca ...
