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In the early 1860s, Irish immigrants in the United States were eager to help the Fenian brotherhood overthrow the British in Ireland. The American Fenians' mission: to invade British North America and hold it hostage. New Brunswick, with its large Irish...

The word "pirate" conjures up many Hollywood images, but Trimming Yankee Sails by Faye Kert paints a very different picture. Covering the Atlantic coast from Cape Breton Island, Halifax, and Saint John to the east coast of the United States down to the...

General Bernard Law Montgomery, affectionately known as "Monty," exerted an influence on the Canadian Army more lasting than that of any other Second World War commander. In 1942 he assumed responsibility for the exercise and training of Canadian...

South of the Norman city of Caen, the twin features of the Verrieres and Bourguebus ridges were key stepping stones for the British Second Army in late July 1944 - taking them was crucial if it was to be successful in its attempt to break out of the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Ottawa Book Award for Non-Fiction 2016.Book InformationISBN 9780143189558Author Tim CookFormat PaperbackPage Count 576Imprint PlumePublisher Penguin Putnam Inc

An expertly written, illustrated new analysis of the Desert Storm air campaign fought against Saddam Hussein's Iraq, which shattered the world's fourth-largest army and sixth-largest air force in just 39 days, and revolutionized the world's ideas about...

Though the French and British colonies in North America began on a 'level playing field', French political conservatism and limited investment allowed the British colonies to forge ahead, pushing into territories that the French had explored deeply but...

In three volumes spanning centuries, Lieutenant Colonel Roman Jarymowycz recounts the story of the Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada, the oldest Highland regiment in the country. He traces its history from the roots, when soldiers,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781915113665Author Wiliam F StewartFormat PaperbackPage Count 512Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company

"It's rare for a book to capture your attention from the very first sentence, but kudos to the authors of First Canadian Army for doing just that... I, too, feel that Canada's contributions to victory in both world wars have unfortunately been...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Ottawa Book Award for Non-Fiction 2023. Short-listed for Ottawa Book Award for Non-Fiction 2023 and Templer Medal Book Prize 2022.Book InformationISBN...

The end of the War of 1812 brought with it great political, economic, and social upheaval. The sixth and final book of the Upper Canada Preserved - War of 1812 series, The Ashes of War examines in detail the closing stages of the war on the Northern...

Brigadier General James L. Collins Jr. Book PrizeIn the narrative of D-Day the Canadians figure chiefly-if at all-as an ineffective force bungling their part in the early phase of Operation Overlord. The reality is quite another story. As both the Allies...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780735235281Author Tim CookFormat PaperbackPage Count 480Imprint Prentice Hall PressPublisher Prentice Hall Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Ottawa Book Award for Non-Fiction 2023. Short-listed for Ottawa Book Award for Non-Fiction 2023 and Templer Medal Book Prize 2022.Book InformationISBN...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143182894Author Tim CookFormat PaperbackPage Count 536Imprint Penguin Books Canada LtdPublisher Penguin Books Canada LtdWeight(grams) 635gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781894864541Author Giancarlo La La GiorgiaPage Count 432Imprint Folklore PublishingPublisher Folklore PublishingWeight(grams) 484gDimensions(mm) 209mm *...

In 1917 the soldiers of the Canadian Corps would prove themselves the equal of any fighting on the Western Front, while on the other side of the wire, the men of the Royal Bavarian Army won a distinguished reputation in combat. Employing the latest...

The story of I Canadian Corps's crossing of the Emilia-Romagna plain, in the thirteenth instalment of the bestselling Canadian Battle Series.The Canadians called it the Promised Land. In late September 1944, the Emilia-Romagna plain before I Canadian...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781771622653Author Mark ZuehlkeFormat PaperbackPage Count 554Imprint Douglas & McIntyrePublisher Douglas & McIntyre

Bringing together leading researchers on Canadian air power, On the Wings of War and Peace captures the history of the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) during the first decades of the Cold War – a period which marked the zenith of air force...

This extensively annotated wartime diary illuminates the military service of Leslie Howard Miller (1889–1979), a Canadian soldier who served in the First World War. Miller joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF) in 1914. In his off-duty hours, he...

The role of Canadian universities in selecting and training officers for the armed forces is an important yet overlooked chapter in the history of higher education in Canada. For more than fifty years, the University of Toronto supported the largest and...

During a government career that spanned nearly the whole of the Cold War, George R. Lindsey gained a reputation as a leading defence scientist and military strategist for Canada's Defence Research Board. His research and writing played a vital role in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781442639782Author Robert M DawsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 138Imprint University of Toronto PressPublisher University of Toronto PressWeight(grams) 213g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780771064814Author Desmond MortonFormat PaperbackPage Count 432Imprint McClelland & Stewart Inc.Publisher McClelland & Stewart Inc.Weight(grams) 465g

Loyal Gunners uniquely encapsulates the experience of Canadian militia gunners and their units into a single compelling narrative that centres on the artillery units of New Brunswick. The story of those units is a profoundly Canadian story: one of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780771035579Author Paul GrescoeFormat PaperbackPage Count 464Imprint McClelland & Stewart Inc.Publisher McClelland & Stewart Inc.Weight(grams) 612g

The most comprehensive history of Canadian military intelligence and its influence on key military operations Canadian intelligence has become increasingly central to the operations of the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF). Canadian Military Intelligence:...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781772033717Author Grant Hayter-MenziesFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Heritage House Publishing Co LtdPublisher Heritage House Publishing Co Ltd

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798576944989Author G F Wagner EditorFormat PaperbackPage Count 252Imprint Independently PublishedPublisher Independently PublishedWeight(grams) 203g

The moment in the sun for special operations sometimes appears to have passed, seemingly eclipsed by preparations for potential conflict under the guise of ‘great power’ competition, combined with failure in Afghanistan. Yet the war in Ukraine serves as...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781771623834Author Mark ZuehlkeFormat PaperbackPage Count 538Imprint Douglas and McIntyre (2013) Ltd.Publisher Douglas and McIntyre (2013) Ltd.Weight(grams)...

The Military Museums in Calgary, Alberta is Western Canada's only tri-service museum and military education centre. Containing the regimental museums of the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (PPCLI), Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians),...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781517396862Author Franco David MacriFormat PaperbackPage Count 262Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent...

In 1898, Spanish spies based in Montreal, Halifax, and Victoria monitored the United States war effort against their homeland, while U.S. counter-intelligence officials watched the Spaniards. Neither the Americans nor the Spaniards sought Canadian...

A revised and greatly expanded edition of this important and long out of print reference book on Upper Canada to 1841. Similar in format to A Handbook of British Chronology, this work is a listing of all legislative councilors, and assemblymen, all...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781530767892Author James WeberFormat PaperbackPage Count 86Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent Publishing...