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Who Killed The Canadian Military?
A Phyllis Bruce Book.
A quick, clear, fact-packed summary of fifty years of strategic misconceptions, political opportunism, financial temporizing, honest error and sheer folly.
A quick, clear, fact-packed summary of fifty years of strategic misconceptions, political opportunism, financial temporizing, honest error and sheer folly.
Hardcover, 250 pages
Published
February 20th 2004
by HarperFestival
(first published 2004)
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A very nice, readable volume. Grantstein's years of research in the field (not to mention his own military experience, which comes to the fore for the first time) have culminated in this very well done survey of how the Canadian military has evolved in the last 100 years.
The book is straightforward, written in simple language, and is logically laid out into several distinct "eras". He discusses both the military atttitudes of the time, and the policies of the government. He is even handed (for i ...more
The book is straightforward, written in simple language, and is logically laid out into several distinct "eras". He discusses both the military atttitudes of the time, and the policies of the government. He is even handed (for i ...more
In this persuasive if polemical read, Granatstein takes to task sundry Canadian governments -- Liberal and Conservative alike -- for having undermined and overextended Canada's military. In considering Canadian peacekeeping efforts, the author suggests that Lester Pearson's much lauded notion of a peacekeeping military force was misguided and that most Canadians are mistaken as to just what peacekeeping represents. The author also explores the consequences of the unification of the elements. Ult
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Pretty informitive about how the Canadian army, navy, and airforce came together for economic reasons to form the single branch of the Canadian Forces. The author reminisces with pride about the past of the Canadian military and how Canada was always the first to follow Great Britain into war.
I'm not sure I agreed with him often, but I certainly learned a great deal. Bought because the author was once my father's university professor.
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