- Paperback: 352 pages
- Publisher: McClelland & Stewart; 4th ed edition (Nov 20 1999)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0771065140
- ISBN-13: 978-0771065149
- Product Dimensions: 22.8 x 15.2 x 2.8 cm
- Shipping Weight: 608 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #583,593 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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The new edition (first, 1985) brings this lively history up-to-date with a look at the 1987 defence white paper, glasnost, and the end of the Cold War. The author makes vivid the ways in which Canada has been shaped, divided, and transformed by war. The bibliography is an informative essay. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
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“Decisively dispels the notion that we are a nation without warriors…enables the reader to discover the inherent trends in Canada’s defence strategies, and the significant formative impact that the armed services have had on Canada.”
–London Free Press
“This book should be required reading for anyone interested in Canadian history.”
–Kitchener-Waterloo Record
–London Free Press
“This book should be required reading for anyone interested in Canadian history.”
–Kitchener-Waterloo Record
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Desmond Morton has a knack for writing solid history,
By Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: A Military History of Canada (Paperback)
A Military History Of Canada: From Champlain To Kosovo clearly debunks the myth that Canada is the peaceable kingdom of an unmilitary peoples. In fact, Canada and Canadians have been "shaped, divided, and transformed" by war, that war has been one of the great and primal influences in Canadian history from its native peoples before the coming of the Europeans down to the present day. Desmond Morton has a knack for writing solid history with the flair of a dramatist as he surveys the role of the military in native society, how the French and English colonies were focused on war and revolved around military societies, how the young nation faced its most decisive moments of growth when it had to quell internal rebellion, and when it sent soldiers off to fight overseas in two World Wars and a host of United Nations "police actions" and "peacekeeper" missions. A Military History Of Canada is comprehensive, informative, and an essential addition to any military studies or Canadian history collection.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Good overview,
By Geoffrey Martin (Calgary, Alberta Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: A Military History of Canada (Paperback)
This book was an excellent source of information on Canada's military history. I was actually in Dr. Mortons Military History class at UofC and this man knows alot about what hes talking about. You'll probably see him on the CBC any time they talk of military matters and its always entertaining. He tells it like it is and for the most part the history of Canada's military can be summed up by saying good men and women but a long standing history of lower grade equipment and underfunding. BTW WWI was this countries greatest military effort and i dont think many realize just what we did in that war.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
Good overview of the history of the Canadian Military,
By Craig MACKINNON (Thunder Bay, Ontario Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: A Military History of Canada (Paperback)
This book, at only 350 pages, attempts to cover 4 centuries of Canadian military history; thus, detail is heavily sacrificed. This is not necessarily a problem, if you're looking for an overview or introduction to the highlights of the topic. This book is very good at supplying this overview.Having said that, the average armchair historian may find the lack of detail frustrating, especially in areas where lots has already been written, e.g., the War of 1812 and both World Wars. This is balanced by an overarching view of the whole of Canadian history, linking themes and observing the evolution over the course of several hundred years. For me, the interwar years were the most interesting because I've normally focussed on detailed histories of certain events in my past readings. The post-WWII chapters are especially interesting and informative, and contain the most insightful analyses in the book. There are several pages of good pictures. It's always nice to put a face to the people involved. However, the maps are generally not detailed enough to be useful, mostly overviews of the general lines of advance of the army, for instance. So why only three stars? The title of the book may be misleading - perhaps it should be "A History of the Military of Canada" instead. Much more coverage is given to military organisation, conscription debates, etc. than are given to actual operations. I feel there should have been a better balance between these two broad areas. Even as an overview book, it could have stood to be 50-100 pages longer to flesh out the operational side. This aspect dropped my ranking for the book. In summary, this is a very good book if you are looking for an overview of the subject. It lacks detail, as expected for its length, but this is compensated for by drawing together themes from widely separated events. The major drawback is its emphasis on the organisational side to the expense of the operational.
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