A Military History of Canada Author:Desmond Morton Updated to 2007, including Canada?s war on terrorism. — Is Canada really ?a peaceable kingdom? with ?an unmilitary people?? Nonsense, says Desmond Morton. This is a country that has been shaped, divided, and transformed by war ? there is no greater influence in Canadian history, recent or remote. — From the shrewd tactics of Canada?s First Nations... more » to our troubled involvement in Somalia, from the Plains of Abraham to the deserts of Afghanistan, Morton examines our centuries-old relationship to war and its consequences. This updated edition also includes a new chapter on Canada?s place in the war on terrorism.
A Military History of Canada is an engaging and informative chronicle of Canada at war, from one of the country?s finest historians.« less