For all but a few specialists, Canada's military history remains a largely unexplored terrain. Until now, there was no single volume in which a reader could find the essential information on all of Canada's battles and campaigns from the French-Iroquois wars of the seventeenth century to the Gulf War, on key battlefield commanders, the important politicians involved with the military matters, and Canada's Victoria Cross winners, and a guide to the important weapons systems that the Canadian armed forces used.

Dictionary of Canadian Military History

Granatstein, J.L.

Bercuson, David J.

Reference

Oxford University Press

The authors discuss how in three weeks over Christmas in 1941, Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt planned the Grand Alliance that won the Second World War.

One Christmas in Washington

History

Herwig, Holger H.

Americas

Phoenix

Why was Winnipeg the scene of the longest and most complete general strike in North American history? Bercuson answers this question by examining the development of union labour and the impact of depression and war in the two decades preceding the strike.

Confrontation at Winnipeg: Labour, Industrial Relations, and the General Strike

Business & Money

Economics

McGill-Queen's University Press

The Valour and the Horror Revisited

In January 1992 the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) broadcast The Valour and the Horror, a three-part television series on Canada's role in World War II. It sparked a major controversy among viewers, war veterans, and historians. Brian and Terence McKenna, the authors-producers of the series, were accused of distorting historical facts, maligning individuals such as commanders Arthur Harris and Guy Simonds, presenting a biased account of events, and overstepping the line between journalism and drama. The Valour and the Horror Revisited brings together source documents, original essays, and commentaries to provide an analysis of the specific accusations and of larger questions concerning responsible journalism. Included in the collection are reports by David Bercuson and S.F. Wise, who were asked by the CBC ombudsman to assess the series; the CBC ombudsman's report; the McKennas' response to the ombudsman's report; the ombudsman's commentary on the McKennas' response; and three new essays by historians John Ferris, William McAndrew, and Scot Robertson on the incidents covered in the series - Canadian involvement in the battles in Hong Kong and Normandy, and the bombing of Germany. The Valour and the Horror Revisited addresses such important issues as the dangers of "docudrama," the calibre of the Canadian media, the meaning of the Canadian experience in the war, and the nature of history.

Humor & Entertainment

Wise

Movies

In January 1992 the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) broadcast The Valour and the Horror, a three-part television series on Canada's role in World War II. It sparked a major controversy among viewers, war veterans, and historians. Brian and Terence McKenna, the authors-producers of the series, were accused of distorting historical facts, maligning individuals such as commanders Arthur Harris and Guy Simonds, presenting a biased account of events, and overstepping the line between journalism and drama. The Valour and the Horror Revisited brings together source documents, original essays, and commentaries to provide an analysis of the specific accusations and of larger questions concerning responsible journalism. Included in the collection are reports by David Bercuson and S.F. Wise, who were asked by the CBC ombudsman to assess the series; the CBC ombudsman's report; the McKennas' response to the ombudsman's report; the ombudsman's commentary on the McKennas' response; and three new essays by historians John Ferris, William McAndrew, and Scot Robertson on the incidents covered in the series - Canadian involvement in the battles in Hong Kong and Normandy, and the bombing of Germany. The Valour and the Horror Revisited addresses such important issues as the dangers of "docudrama," the calibre of the Canadian media, the meaning of the Canadian experience in the war, and the nature of history.

Maple Leaf Against the Axis is a compelling recounting of the Second World War and the Canadians who fought it. Here, in all its passion and drama, is the story of how the Canadian army, navy and air force fought in battles ranging from Hong Kong to the Rhine River crossing. David Bercuson, one of Canada's preeminent military historians, covers the war on the ground, the naval war in the North Atlantic and elsewhere, and the air war-both the bomber offensive and the story of those Canadians who flew everything from Canso reconnaissance aircraft in the Indian Ocean to Typhoon fighter bombers with the Second Tactical Air Force in Europe. And he does it through recounting the stories of the men and women who were there and played a significant role in the Allied victory.

Maple Leaf Against the Axis: Canada's Second World War

Stoddart Pub.

One Christmas in Washington: Roosevelt and Churchill Forge the Grand Alliance

One Christmas in Washington: Roosevelt And Churchill Forge the Grand Alliance

Blackstone Pub

Canadian Zionists of the 1930s were anxious to involve their government in the Palestine question. The pressure they brought to bear was fuelled by a new urgency when British policy in Palestine denied entry to Jewish refugees from the Nazi terror. Today there is a widely held impression that the Canadian government responded quickly and sympathetically to that pressure. Jews and Arabs alike, each for their own purposes, have created the image of a Canada friendly to Zionism, and of Canadian policy directed by such pro-Zionists as Lester Pearson.  But as David Bercuson demonstrates, the truth is far more complex. In fact, Zionist efforts to involve Canada in the Palestine question met with considerable resistance from Ottawa, even when Canada was elected to membership on the United Nations Special Committee on Palestine in 1947. The partition of Palestine was eventually supported by Canada, but begrudgingly. Ottawa viewed partition as the ‘least lousy’ solution to a problem that was acutely sensitive both diplomatically and politically.  Hardly the champions of Zionism that it has generally been considered, Canada is revealed in Bercuson’s study as having established a middle east policy, not on moral or ideological grounds, but on the basis of the politicians’ view of its own national interests.

Canada and the Birth of Israel: A Study in Canadian Foreign Policy

Politics & Social Sciences

Politics & Government

Univ of Toronto Pr

Claxton was active in many of the key Canadian intellectual movements of the 1920 and 1930s. He played a significant role in the creation of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and was an active proponent of social reform, and he was also a key player in Canadian political life until his retirement in 1954. This biography brings to light his accomplishments and how they set a pattern for public service careers among males of his class. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

True Patriot: The Life of Brooke Claxton, 1898-1960

Biographies & Memoirs

Regional Canada

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