A seasoned military officer details the incredible daring, mishaps, and fallout of the first Allied air commando raid of WWII Operation Colossus was a bold attempt to steal back the inititiative from the Axis powers A nuanced and detailed retelling of a mission that remains controversial decades later Author is a retired Colonel in the Canadian Forces, military educator, and the author or editor of over forty books on military campaigns, mission ...
Declassified government records shed additional light on the cancellation and subsequent destruction of the Avro Arrow. The controversial cancellation of the Avro Arrow – an extraordinary achievement of Canadian military aviation – continues to fire debate today. When the program was scrapped in 1959, all completed aircraft and those awaiting assembly were destroyed, along with tooling and technical information. Was abandoning the program the ...
Iconic photos from the First World War, newly colourized. See seminal images of Canada’s First World War experience in a new light – offered in full colour for the first time – with contributions from Margaret Atwood, Tim, Cook, Charlotte Gray, Paul Gross, Peter Mansbridge, and many others. Canadians today see the First World War largely through black and white photography. Colourizing these images brings a new focus to our understanding and a ...
Powerful accounts by genocide survivors, a journalist seeking to bear witness to their pain. Darfuri refugee camps in Chad, Kigali in Rwanda, and the ruins of ancient villages in Turkey – all visited by genocide, all still reeling in its wake. In Journey through Genocide , Raffy Boudjikanian travels to communities that have survived genocide to understand the legacy of this most terrible of crimes against humanity. In this era of ethnic and r ...
Defence expert Kim Richard Nossal presents a damning indictment of defence procurement in Canada, and shows how to fix it. Defence procurement in Canada is a mess. New equipment is desperately needed for the Canadian Armed Forces, but most projects are behind schedule, over budget, or both. Not only has mismanagement cost Canadian taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars, it has also deprived Canada and the CAF of much-needed military capacit ...
No other book like it on the market with regards to Canadian SOF Includes 100 pictures, the majority never before published Authoritative book on CANSOFCOM – none other exists Pictures are dramatic and reveal CANSOF equipment, operations, uniforms, etc., not available elsewhere Book will be attractive to military buffs Author is recognized in the field as an expert in this area and has several books on historical Canadian SOF units ...
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 ...
The Battle of Passchendaele has come to epitomize the mud and blood of the First World War. Passchendaele is perhaps one of the most iconic campaigns of the First World War, coming to symbolize the mud and blood of the battlefield like no other. Fought for over three months under some of the worst conditions of the war, fighting became bogged down in a quagmire that made it almost impossible for any gains to be made. In this Battle Story, Chri ...
