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Canadians in the Spanish Civil War

The definitive account of Canadians who fought in the Spanish Civil War.

Canadian Foreign Intelligence, 1939-51

A convincing portrait of Canada's active role in Second World War intelligence gathering.

Canada, the Congo Crisis, and UN Peacekeeping, 1960-64 reveals the complex web of influences that shaped Canada’s relationship with Africa and its involvement in UN peacekeeping.

Ideas of the Canadian Citizen Soldier, 1896-1921

Militia Myths traces the cultural history of the citizen soldier from 1896 to 1921, an ideal that lay at the foundation of how Canadians experienced and remember the First World War.

Canada and the United Nations Emergency Force, 1956-67

Pearson’s Peacekeepers describes Canada’s role in the first peacekeeping effort mounted by the UN and uncovers realities, and challenges, that lie beneath the myth of Canada’s peacekeeping mission.

Memory, Meaning, and the First World War

This book examines Canada’s collective memory of the First World War through the 1920s and 1930s. It is a cultural history, considering art, music, and literature.

Canada's Second World War

From labour conflicts to the black market to prostitution, this book examines the moral and social underbelly of Canada’s Second World War.

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