Canada's Army
Waging War and Keeping the Peace, Second Edition
Description
- The Militia Myth: Canadian Arms to Confederation
- Making an Army: Beginnings
- A Militia under Arms: Sam Hughes’s Army
- Becoming Professional: Arthur Currie’s Army
- Losing Professionalism: The Interwar Years
- McNaughton’s Army: The Long Wait
- Into Battle: Sicily and Italy, July 1943-June 1944
- Into Battle: Northwest Europe and Italy, June 1944-May 1945
- The Professional Army, 1945-1968
- Professionalism under Siege, 1968-2001
- Afghanistan and the Re-making of the Army
- Conclusion: The Army and the Nation
Reviews
'[An] immensely readable tour de force through the political and battlefield swamps of army history. '
- Ron Lowman, <em>Toronto Star</em>
'Compulsively readable . .. [Granatstein's] cogent arguments are more important now than they have been in years. '
- Marc Horton, <em>Edmonton Journal</em>
'Granatstein is, without doubt, one of Canada's pre-eminent military historians . .. [Should any] Canadian wish to become functionally knowledgable about our army, this book is an excellent place to start. '
- Steven Dieter, <em>Globe and Mail</em>
'Everyone who cares for and about Canada's army will be pleased with Granatstein's superb book. '
- Major Michael McNorgan, <em>Canadian Military Journal</em>