This detailed analysis of how the Canadian Army sustained troop and equipment levels in Northwest Europe during 1944–45 demonstrates the vital importance of constant combat strength.
“Back him up! Buy Victory Bonds.” Boosters and Barkers examines the unrelenting financial demands of Canadian participation in the First World War, exploring the aims, methods, and implications of securing public support.
Building the Army’s Backbone reveals how the creation of Canada’s Second World War corps of non-commissioned officers helped the force train, fight, and win.
Portraits of Battle combines biography and history to offer a nuanced perspective on the complex legacy of the Great War, as told through the stories of those who served in the Canadian Expeditionary Force.
Scandalous Conduct investigates the complex meanings of honour and dishonour as revealed by general courts martial and dismissal sentences in the Canadian officer corps during the First and Second World Wars.
Silent Partners delves into the shadowy world of security and national defence to shine a light on the influence they hold in Canadian society.
UBC Press and the Canadian War Museum are celebrating 20 years of publishing in the Studies in Canadian Military History Series. Now at nearly 60 titles, the series presents the best of contemporary scholarship to provide new insights into all aspects of Canadian military history and employing a variety of approaches - cultural, social, intellectual, economic, political, and comparative. We've posted a selection of titles below; to see all the titles, please visit the series page.
This richly illustrated book offers a multifaceted account of one of the most successful but overlooked Canadian battles of the First World War.
A lavishly illustrated history of the Canadian Rangers and their evolving role as defenders and stewards of Canada’s remote regions.
Uncovers the forgotten story of the Canadian Siberian Expeditionary Force – sent to Russia in 1918 as part of an Allied intervention to defeat Bolshevism – despite the objections of many Canadians who were sympathetic to the goals of the Russian Revolution.
Unguarded Border tells the stories of the 50,000 Americans who fled across the border to Canada in the 1960s and 1970s, a migrant experience that does not fit the usual paradigms. Historian Donald W. Maxwell explores how these Americans in exile forged cosmopolitan identities, permanently changing perceptions of military service, nation, and citizenship.
An exploration of the experiences of war through the comics of an American youth
A veteran's harrowing remembrance of jungle warfare and intelligence operations
History and deployment of smart weapons