The Canadian Way of War: Serving the National Interest

Copertina anteriore
Bernd Horn
Dundurn, 2006 - 408 pagine

Contrary to popular opinion, this nation has always consciously and consistently utilized military force to further its security, as well as its economic and political well-being. Despite the best of intentions to aid others, the reality is that military force has most often been used to serve the national interest in ways that were not always altruistic but rather to serve practical political purpose.

In the final analysis, the Canadian military experience has been integral to creating the advanced, affluent, and vibrant nation that exists today. This collection of essays, written by such noted historians and authors as Douglas Delaney, Stephen J. Harris, Ronald Haycock, Michael Hennessy, Bernd Horn, and Sean Maloney, spans the entirety of the Canadian military experience and underlines the reality that the government has consistently used its armed forces to achieve political purpose. More often than not, the "Canadian way of war" has been a direct reflection of circumstance and political will.

 

Sommario

Foreword by MajorGeneral Retired Lewis W MacKenzie
7
A Strategy of Survival
21
The Canadian Militia
99
Boer War
137
Canadian Military Effectiveness in the First World War
169
1919 to 1939
195
Canadian National Politics
213
Canada and the Cold War
235
Canadas Military and
265
Peacekeeping
297
After the Fall of the Wall
325
The Canadian Way of War
359
Afterword by Bernd Horn
379
Contributors
397
Copyright

Altre edizioni - Visualizza tutto

Parole e frasi comuni

Brani popolari

Pagina 29 - English by two things; [they]1 always took care in their marches and fights, not to come too thick together; but the English always kept in a heap together; [so] that it was as easy to hit them, as to hit a house.

Informazioni sull'autore (2006)

Lieutenant-Colonel Bernd Horn is the Commanding Officer of the First Battalion, The Royal Canadian Regiment. He is the honorary historian for both the Canadian Airborne Forces Museum and the Airborne Regiment Association of Canada. His previous Dundurn books include Warrior Chiefs: Perspectives on Senior Canadian Military Leaders and Paras vs the Reich: Canada's Paratroopers at War, 1942-1945.

Informazioni bibliografiche