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Diversity at Any Cost
"Canada Is Back" Afghanistan Canadian Defence Defence of Canada Defence Policy Ian Holloway War & Weaponry
Canada’s Defence Leaders Misunderstand the ‘Problem’ of Tradition. The new approach assumes that dress regulations are designed to make the individual member a better clerk, or cook, or technician. But they weren’t. What they were intended to do was to signal one’s willingness to submit to discipline.
The Fall and Rise of Military History
Book Reviews Canada Canadian Defence Defence of Canada First World War Historiography John Ferris Second World War Tim Cook War & Weaponry War and Society
“Cook argues, rightly, that Americans, Australians, and Britons consistently have recollected this war in reasonably accurate ways, which emphasise their sacrifices and successes. Canadians, alone among the victor powers, have tended to forget why they fought this 'necessary war,' and to remember their defeats more than their deeds.” BY JOHN FERRIS The Fight for History: 75 Years of Forgetting, Remembering, and Remaking Canada’s Second World War. Tim Cook. Allen Lane, 2020. THIS BOOK ASSESSES how an unmilitary people remembers its military history. Tim Cook’s account of how Canadians have viewed the Second World War says much of value,...
How Good Was Harper for Defence?
"Canada Is Back" Canadian Defence Defence of Canada Defence Policy Delenda Est Carthago Global Kim Richard Nossal National Defence
There are some areas where National Defence legacies of the Harper years live on. But in other areas, Harper failed to realize the vision he brought with him in 2006: Above all, the failure of the Conservative government to keep the CAF supplied with up-to-date weapons systems...
After Afghanistan
Adam Chapnick Afghanistan Canadian Defence Defence of Canada Defence Policy National Defence
Adam Chapnick reviews a collection of the best defence thinkers examining Canada's defence and diplomatic policy options in the aftermath of the Afghanistan experience.