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Military & Security Studies 2010 1

Military History

Veterans with a VisionSerge Marc Durflinger 2

From Victoria to VladivostokBenjamin Isitt 3

Militia MythsJames A. Wood 4

Canada and Ballistic Missile Defence, 1954–2009James Fergusson 5

Kiss the kids for dad, Don’t forget to writeEdited by Y.A. Bennett 6

Crisis of ConscienceAmy J. Shaw 6

Clio’s WarriorsTim Cook 7

RenegadesMichael Petrou 7

An Officer and a LadyCynthia Toman 8

Battle GroundsP. Whitney Lackenbauer 8

BetrayedRichard O. Mayne 9

The Soldiers’ GeneralDouglas E. Delaney 9

Commanding CanadiansEdited by Michael Whitby 10

Prisoners of the Home FrontMartin F. Auger 10

Fighting from HomeSerge Durflinger 11

Saints, Sinners, and SoldiersJeffrey A. Keshen 11

Canadians Behind Enemy Lines, 1939–1945Roy MacLaren 12

Fight or PayDesmond Morton 12

The Red Man’s on the WarpathR. Scott Sheffield 13

Hometown HorizonsRobert Rutherdale 13

Frigates and ForemastsJulian Gwyn 14

A War of PatrolsWilliam Johnston 14

Avoiding ArmageddonAndrew Richter 15

No Place to RunTim Cook 15

Death So NobleJonathan F. Vance 16

Objects of ConcernJonathan F. Vance 16

security studies

The Politics of ProcurementAaron Plamondon 17

Canada, the Congo Crisis, and UN Peacekeeping, 1960–64Kevin A. Spooner 18

Pearson’s PeacekeepersMichael K. Carroll 18

The Paradoxes of Peacebuilding Post–9/11Edited by Stephen Baranyi 19

Cautious BeginningsKurt F. Jensen 19

Alliance and IllusionRobert Bothwell 20

“Here Is Hell”Grant Dawson 20

Common Sense on Weapons of Mass DestructionThomas Graham Jr. 21

Another Kind of JusticeChris Madsen 21

CONTENTS

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Military History

Veterans with a VisionCanada’s War Blinded in Peace and Warserge Marc durflinger

Based on fascinating personal stories, thorough archival research, and rigorous scholarship, Veterans with a Vision illuminates the lives of Canadian veterans from the world wars and their integration back into society as contributing members ... Well-written and thoughtfully argued, this provocative book is essential reading for military and social historians and those with an interest in the interaction of citizens and the state.– Tim Cook, author of Shock Troops: Canadians

Fighting the Great War, 1917-1918

We know something about our war dead but almost nothing about our war wounded. Veterans with a Vision provides a vibrant, poignant, and very human history of Canada’s war-blinded veterans and of the organization they founded in 1922, the Sir Arthur Pearson Association of War Blinded. Serge Durflinger details the veterans’ process of civil re-establishment, physical and psychological rehabilitation, and social and personal coping and describes their public advocacy for government pension entitlements, job retraining, and other social programs. This book captures the spirit of perseverance that permeated the veterans’ community and highlights the accomplishments of the war blinded as advocates for all Canadian veterans and for all blind citizens.

contentsPrefaceIntroduction1 Canada’s First War Blinded, 1899–19182 The Sir Arthur Pearson Club of War Blinded

Soldiers and Sailors, 1919–293 The Years of Struggle, 1930–394 Rehabilitating the Blinded Casualties of the

Second World War, 1939–505 Older and Wiser: Canada’s War Blinded in the

Aftermath of War, 1945–706 Twilight, 1971–2002ConclusionNotes; Select Bibliography; Index

serge Marc durflinger is an associate professor of history at the University of Ottawa. He is the author of Fighting from Home: The Second World War in Verdun, Quebec and co-editor of War and Society in Post-Confederation Canada.

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Published in Association with the Canadian War Museum and the Sir Arthur Pearson Association of War Blinded


Military History

from Victoria to VladivostokCanada’s Siberian Expedition, 1917–19benjamin isitt

Isitt’s work is new, innovative, and important. He deftly weaves the Canadian working class opposition to war and the rising leftist sentiment among workers with the inner life of the Siberian Expedition itself. That inner life included opposition to the Siberian venture among a substantial section of the contingent. No less important, he melds a national story with an international one. – Larry Hannant, editor of The Politics of Passion:

Norman Bethune’s Writing and Art

This ground-breaking book brings to a life a forgotten chapter in the history of Canada and Russia – the journey of 4,200 Canadian soldiers from Victoria to Vladivostok in 1918 to help defeat Bolshevism. Combining military and labour history with the social history of BC, Quebec, and Russia, Benjamin Isitt examines how the Siberian Expedition exacerbated tensions within Canadian society at a time when a radicalized working class, many French-Canadians, and even the soldiers themselves objected to a military adventure designed to counter the Russian Revolution. The result is a highly readable and provocative work that challenges public memory of the First World War while illuminating tensions – both in Canada and worldwide – that shaped the course of twentieth-century history.

contentsPrefaceIntroduction: Why Siberia?part 1: canada’s road to siberia1 1917: A Breach in the Allied Front2 Vladivostok: 19173 The Road to Intervention4 Mobilization5 Departure Daypart 2: to Vladivostok and back6 Vladivostok: 19197 “Up Country” and Evacuation8 AfterwordConclusionAppendices; Notes; Bibliography; Index

benjaMin isitt is a historian specializing in twentieth-century Canadian and world history, with an emphasis on labour, social movements, and the process of cultural change.

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Military History

Militia MythsIdeas of the Canadian Citizen Soldier, 1896–1921james a. Wood

This is a must-have book in Canadian military and social history, representing both fields at their very best. Wood sets the record straight on one of the most discussed but nonetheless little known concepts in our history: the militia myth. For the first time, we have a real and compelling understanding of what was once demonized in our history – the idea of being a citizen first and a soldier if necessary.– Roch Legault, co-editor of Loyal Service:

Perspectives on French-Canadian Military Leaders

This cultural history of the amateur military tradition traces the origins of the citizen soldier ideal to long before Canadians donned khaki and boarded troopships for the Western Front. Before the Great War, Canada’s military culture was in transition as the country navigated an uncertain relationship with the United States and fought an imperial war in South Africa. Militia Myths explores the ideological transformation that took place between 1896 and 1921, arguing that by the end of the War, the untrained citizen volunteer had replaced the long-serving militiaman as the archetypical Canadian soldier.

contentsIntroduction: Canadian Ideas of the Citizen Soldier11 A Military Spirit in Canada, 1896–982 An Army for Empire, 1898–19013 “Don’t Call Me Tommy,” 1901–4 “Who Are You Going to Fight?” 1905–85 Continental Commitments, 1909–116 Involuntary Action, 1911–147 War and Citizenship, 1914–178 Victory and Vindication, 1918–21Conclusion: A Citizen’s Duty in “Canada’s Century”Appendices; Notes; Bibliography; Index

jaMes Wood teaches history at the University of Victoria and is the author of We Move Only Forward: Canada, the United States, and the First Special Service Force, 1942-44 and Army of the West: The Weekly Reports of German Army Group B from Normandy to the West Wall.

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Military History

canada and ballistic Missile defence, 1954–2009Déjà Vu All over Againjames fergusson

this is important scholarship. it is the first history of Canada and ballistic missile defence, placing the most recent debates in the context of more than fifty years of developments and revealing recurring (and lamentable) patterns of Canadian decision making. Moreover, it also sheds needed light on Canadian involvement in NORAD, Canada-US relations more broadly, and how important defence decisions are made in Canada.– Joseph Jockel, author of Canada in NORAD,

1957–2007: A History

Since the mid-1950s, successive Canadian governments have responded to US ballistic missile defence initiatives with fear and uncertainty. Officials have endlessly debated the implications – at home and abroad – of participation. Drawing on previously classified government documents and interviews with senior officials, James Fergusson offers the first full account of Canada’s unsure response to US initiatives. He reveals that factors such as weak leadership and a tendency to place uncertain and ill-defined notions of international peace and security before national defence have resulted in indecision. In the end, policy-makers failed to transform the ballistic missile defence issue into an opportunity to define Canada’s strategic interests at home and on the world stage.

contentsPreface Prologue – What’s with Defence?Act 1 – Anti-Ballistic Missiles: Don’t Worry, Be Happy

(1954–1971)Act 2 – The Strategic Defence Initiative: Much Ado

About Very Little (1972–1985)Act 3 – Global Protection Against Limited Strikes:

Too Close for Comfort (1986–1992)Act 4 – national Missile Defense: Let Sleeping Dogs

Lie (1993–2000)Act 5 – Ground-Based Mid-Course Defense: Is this the

End? (2001–2005)Epilogue – Forward to the Past (2005 and Beyond)Notes; Bibliography; Index

jaMes fergusson is the director of the Centre for Defence and Security Studies and a professor in the Department of Political Studies at the University of Manitoba.

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Military History Military History

Kiss the kids for dad, don’t forget to writethe Wartime Letters of George Timmins, 1916–18edited by y.a. bennett

Between 1916 and 1918, Lance-Corporal George Timmins, a British-born soldier who served in the Canadian Expeditionary Force, wrote faithfully to his wife and children. Sixty-three letters and four fragments survived. These letters tell the compelling story of a man who, while helping his fellow Canadians make history, used letters home to remain a presence in the lives of his wife and children, and who drew strength from his family to appreciate life’s simple pleasures. timmins’s letters offer a rare glimpse into the experiences and relationships, the quiet heroism, of ordinary soldiers on the Western Front.

y.a. bennett is an associate professor of history at Carleton University.

2009, 978-0-7748-1609-0 pb $32.95224 pages, 6 x 9”24 b&w photos

crisis of conscienceConscientious Objection in Canada during the First World Waramy j. shaw

The First World War’s appalling death toll and the need for a sense of equality of sacrifice on the home front led to Canada’s first experience of overseas conscription. While historians have focused on resistance to enforced military service in Quebec, this has obscured the important role of those who saw military service as incompatible with their religious or ethical beliefs. Crisis of Conscience is the first and only book about the Canadian pacifists who refused to fight in the Great War. the experience of these conscientious objectors offers insight into evolving attitudes about the rights and responsibilities of citizenship during a key period of Canadian nation building.

aMy j. sHaW is an assistant professor in the Department of History at the University of Lethbridge.

2008, 978-0-7748-1594-9 pb $34.95264 pages, 6 x 9”StuDiES in CAnADiAn MiLitARy HiStORy SERIES



clio’s WarriorsCanadian Historians and the Writing of the World Warstim cook

Clio’s Warriors examines how the Canadian world war experience has been constructed and reconstructed over time. Tim Cook elucidates the role of historians in codifying the sacrifice and struggle of a generation as he discusses historical memory and writing, the creation of archives, and the war of reputations that followed each of the world wars on the battlefield. Only recently have military historians pushed the discipline to explore the impact of war on society. In analyzing where the practice of academic military history has come from and where it needs to go, Clio’s Warriors plays a vital role in the ongoing challenge of writing critical history.

tiM cooK is a historian with the Canadian War Museum.

2006, 978-0-7748-1257-3 pb $30.95352 pages, 6 x 9”22 b&w photosStuDiES in CAnADiAn MiLitARy HiStORy SERIES

renegadesCanadians in the Spanish Civil WarMichael petrou

Shortlisted for the 2009 ottawa book award, non-fiction

Between 1936 and 1939, almost 1,700 Canadians defied their government and volunteered to fight in the Spanish Civil War. They left behind punishing lives in Canadian relief camps, mines, and urban flophouses to confront fascism in a country few knew much about. Michael Petrou has drawn on recently declassified archival material, interviewed surviving Canadian veterans, and visited the battlefields of Spain to write the definitive account of Canadians in the Spanish Civil War. Renegades is an intimate and unflinching story of idealism and courage, duplicity and defeat.

MicHael petrou, a senior writer at Maclean’s magazine, has covered wars and conflicts across Africa, the Middle East, and Central Asia. He holds a doctorate in modern history from the University of Oxford.




an officer and a ladyCanadian Military Nursing and the Second World Warcynthia toman

During the Second World War, more than 4,000 civilian nurses enlisted as Nursing Sisters, a specially created all-female officers’ rank of the Canadian Armed Forces. They served in all three armed force branches and all the major theatres of war, yet nursing as a form of war work has long been under-explored. An Officer and a Lady fills that gap. Cynthia toman analyzes how gender, war, and medical technology intersected to create a legitimate role for women in the masculine environment of the military, and explores the incongruous expectations placed on military nurses as “officers and ladies.”

cyntHia toMan is an assistant professor of nursing and is associate director of the Associated Medical Services Nursing History Research Unit at the University of Ottawa.

2007, 978-0-7748-1448-5 pb $34.95272 pages, 6 x 9”29 b&w photosStuDiES in CAnADiAn MiLitARy HiStORy SERIES

battle groundsThe Canadian Military and Aboriginal Landsp. Whitney lackenbauer

Shortlisted for the 2006 raymond Klibansky prize, Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences

Base closures, use of airspace for weapons testing and low-level flying, environmental awareness, and Aboriginal land claims have focused attention in recent years on the use of Native lands for military training. But is the military’s interest in Aboriginal lands new? Battle Grounds analyzes a century of government-Aboriginal interaction and negotiation to explore how the Canadian military came to use Aboriginal lands for training. It examines what the process reveals about the larger and evolving relationship between governments and Aboriginal communities and how increasing Aboriginal assertiveness and activism have affected the issue.

p. WHitney lacKenbauer is an assistant professor in the Department of History at St. Jerome’s University.

2006, 978-0-7748-1316-7 pb $30.95368 pages, 6 x 9”32 b&w illustrations, 20 mapsStuDiES in CAnADiAn MiLitARy HiStORy SERIES



betrayedScandal, Politics, and Canadian naval Leadershiprichard o. Mayne

In January 1944, Vice Admiral Percy Walker nelles was fired from his position as head of the Royal Canadian Navy. Betrayed reveals the true story behind the dismissal: a divisive power struggle between two elite groups within the RCN pitted the navy’s regular officers against a small group of self-appointed spokesmen for the voluntary naval reserve. Threats of public scandal, mass insurrection, and political intimidation caused one of the worst breakdowns ever in Canadian civil-military relations. This fascinating investigation into the machinations of a divided navy tackles important questions of military professionalism, leadership, and identity.

ricHard o. Mayne is a historian with the Department of National Defence’s Directorate of History and Heritage in Ottawa.

2006, 978-0-7748-1296-2 pb $30.95296 pages, 6 x 9”32 b&w illustrationsStuDiES in CAnADiAn MiLitARy HiStORy SERIES

the soldiers’ generalBert Hoffmeister at Wardouglas e. delaney

Winner, 2007 c.p. stacey prize, Canadian Committee for the History of the Second World War

By the end of the Second World War, Bert Hoffmeister had risen from captain to major-general and won more awards than any Canadian officer in the war. this native Vancouverite earned a reputation as a fearless commander on the battlefield – one who led from the front, one well loved by those he led. With an astute analytical eye, Delaney carefully dissects Hoffmeister’s numerous battles to reveal how he managed and how he led, how he directed and how he inspired.

douglas e. delaney is an associate professor of history at the Royal Military College of Canada and a retired infantry officer (Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry).

2005, 978-0-7748-1149-1 pb $34.95320 pages, 6 x 9”21 b&w photos, 11 charts, 15 mapsStuDiES in CAnADiAn MiLitARy HiStORy SERIES



commanding canadiansThe Second World War Diaries of A.F.C. Layardedited by Michael Whitby

Shortlisted for the 2006 Keith Matthews award, Canadian Nautical Research Society

Commander A.F.C. Layard, Rn, wrote almost daily in his diary, in bold, neat script, from the time he entered the Royal Navy as a cadet in 1913 until his retirement in 1947. The pivotal 1943–45 years of this edited volume offer an extraordinarily full and honest chronicle, revealing Layard’s preoccupations, both with the daily details and with the strain and responsibility of wartime command at sea. Enhanced by Michael Whitby’s explanatory essays, the diary is a highly personal piece of history that enlarges our understanding of the Canadian naval experience and of the Atlantic war as a whole.

MicHael WHitby is a senior naval historian at the Canadian National Defence Headquarters.

2005, 978-0-7748-1194-1 pb $34.95416 pages, 6 x 9”30 b&w photos, 3 mapsStuDiES in CAnADiAn MiLitARy HiStORy SERIES

prisoners of the Home frontGerman POWs and “Enemy Aliens” in Southern Quebec, 1940–46Martin f. auger

In the middle of the most destructive conflict in human history, the Second World War, almost 40,000 Germans civilians and prisoners of war were detained in internment and work camps across Canada. Prisoners of the Home Front details the organization and day-to-day affairs of these internment camps and reveals the experience of their inmates. Auger concludes that Canada abided by the Geneva Convention; its treatment of German prisoners was humane. This book sheds light on life behind barbed wire, filling an important void in our knowledge of the Canadian home front during the Second World War.

Martin f. auger is an analyst at the Library of Parliament.

2005, 978-0-7748-1224-5 pb $34.95240 pages, 6 x 9”8 tablesStuDiES in CAnADiAn MiLitARy HiStORy SERIES



fighting from HomeThe Second World War in Verdun, Quebecserge durflinger

In Verdun, English and French speakers lived side by side. Through their home-front activities as much as through enlistment, they proved themselves partners in the prosecution of Canada’s war. Shared experiences and class similarities shaped responses based first and foremost in a sense of local identity. Fighting from Home paints a comprehensive, at times intimate, portrait of Verdun and Verdunites at war. Durflinger offers an innovative interpretive approach to wartime Canadian and Quebec social and cultural dynamics in this history of the Canadian home front during the Second World War.

serge durflinger is an associate professor of history at the University of Ottawa.

2006, 978-0-7748-1261-0 pb $34.95296 pages, 6 x 9”23 b&w photos, 5 tables, 2 mapsStuDiES in CAnADiAn MiLitARy HiStORy SERIES

saints, sinners, and soldiersCanada’s Second World Warjeffrey a. Keshen

Shortlisted for the 2006 raymond Klibansky prize, Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences

the first-ever synthesis of both the patriotic and the problematic in wartime Canada, Saints, Sinners, and Soldiers shows how moral and social changes, and the fears they generated, precipitated numerous, and often contradictory, legacies in law and society. From labour conflicts, to the black market, to prostitution, and beyond, Keshen acknowledges the underbelly of Canada’s Second World War, and demonstrates that the “Good War” was a complex tapestry of social forces - not all of which were above reproach.

jeffrey a. KesHen is a professor and chair of the Department of History at the University of Ottawa.

2004, 978-0-7748-0924-5 pb $30.95416 pages, 6 x 9”31 b&w photos, 8 charts, 3 tablesStuDiES in CAnADiAn MiLitARy HiStORy SERIES



canadians behind enemy lines, 1939–1945roy Maclaren

During the Second World War, almost one hundred Canadians served the Allied forces by passing as locals in occupied countries. At the behest of two British secret services, these men made language and custom their costumes. They risked their lives assisting resistance groups in sabotage and ambush missions or in smuggling Allied airmen out of occupied territories. Quiet heroes of the war, these bold Canadians helped to make the brutal and unrelenting warfare of the underground a potent weapon in the Allied arsenal. This is a study of unstinting personal courage in the face of overwhelming odds.

The Honourable roy Maclaren was a diplomat, businessman, and Member of Parliament. He is the author of four other books on Canadian military and political subjects.

2004, 978-0-7748-1100-2 pb $30.95352 pages, 6 x 9”37 b&w photos, 3 maps

fight or paySoldiers’ Families in the Great Wardesmond Morton

The First World War is remembered in Canada largely for the immense sacrifice in life and limb of its soldiers. In Fight or Pay, Desmond Morton turns his eye to the stories of those who paid in lieu of fighting – the wives, mothers, and families left behind when soldiers went to war. A pan-Canadian story, Fight or Pay brings to light the lives of thousands of valiant women whose sacrifices have been overlooked in previous histories. It is an incisive and honest look at the beginnings of a social welfare system that Canadians have come to think of as intrinsic to citizenship.

desMond Morton is the Hiram Mills Emeritus Professor at McGill University and is the author of numerous books on Canadian military, political, and industrial-relations history.

2004, 978-0-7748-1108-8 Hc $39.95368 pages, 6 x 9”27 b&w photos, 5 tablesStuDiES in CAnADiAn MiLitARy HiStORy SERIES



the red Man’s on the WarpathThe Image of the “Indian” and the Second World Warr. scott sheffield

During the Second World War, thousands of First Nations people joined in the national crusade to defend freedom and democracy. High rates of Native enlistment and public demonstrations of patriotism encouraged Canadians to re-examine the roles and status of Native people in Canadian society. The Red Man’s on the Warpath explores how wartime symbolism and imagery propelled the “Indian problem” onto the national agenda and why assimilation remained the goal of post-war Canadian Indian policy – even though the war required that it be rationalized in new ways.

r. scott sheffield teaches at the University of the Fraser Valley in the Department of History.


Hometown HorizonsLocal Responses to Canada’s Great Warrobert rutherdale

Robert Rutherdale considers how people and communities on the Canadian home front perceived the Great War. Drawing on newspaper archives and organizational documents, he examines how farmers near Lethbridge, Alberta, shopkeepers in Guelph, Ontario, and civic workers in Trois-Rivières, Québec took part in local activities that connected their everyday lives to a tumultuous period in history. The making of Canada’s home front, Rutherdale argues, was experienced fundamentally through local means. Hometown Horizons challenges historians to consider the place of everyday modes of communication in forming collective understandings of world events.

robert rutHerdale is a member of the Department of History at Algoma University College.

2004, 978-0-7748-1014-2 pb $34.95360 pages, 6 x 9”29 b&w illustrations and photographs



frigates and foremastsThe North American Squadron in Nova Scotia Waters 1745–1815julian gwyn

Winner of the 2004 john lyman book award, North American Society for Oceanic History

Honourable Mention, 2004 Keith Matthews prize, Canadian Nautical Research Society

the first comprehensive study of naval operations involving North American squadrons in Nova Scotia waters, Frigates and Foremasts offers a masterful analysis of the motives behind the deployment of Royal Navy vessels between 1745 and 1815, and the navy’s role on the Western Atlantic. Interweaving historical analysis with vivid descriptions of pivotal events from the first siege of Louisbourg in 1745 to the end of the wars with the United States and France in 1815, Julian Gwyn illuminates the complex story of competing interests among the Admiralty, navy Board, sea officers, and government officials on both sides of the Atlantic.

julian gWyn is a professor emeritus in the Department of History at the University of Ottawa and the author of Excessive Expectations: Maritime Commerce and the Economic Development of Nova Scotia, 1740–1870.

2003, 978-0-7748-0911-5 pb $34.95224 pages, 6 x 9”18 b&w illustrations, 2 mapsStuDiES in CAnADiAn MiLitARy HiStORy SERIES

a War of patrolsCanadian Army Operations in KoreaWilliam johnston

In June 1950, North Korea invaded South Korea. Responding to a United Nations call, Canada deployed an 8,000-man brigade to the peninsula to fight as part of an American-led UN force. This comprehensive account of the Canadian campaign in Korea provides the first detailed study of the training, leadership, operations, and tactics of the brigade under each of its three wartime commanders as well as its relationship with American and Commonwealth allies. This impeccably researched analytical history also examines the various units, from the first deployed “Special Force” to the army’s regular battalions that replaced them.

WilliaM joHnston is a historian with the Department of National Defence’s Directorate of History and Heritage in Ottawa.

2003, 978-0-7748-1008-1 Hc $34.95448 pages, 6 x 9”43 b&w photos, 17 mapsStuDiES in CAnADiAn MiLitARy HiStORy SERIES



avoiding armageddonCanadian Military Strategy and Nuclear Weapons, 1950–63andrew richter

Drawing on previously classified government records, Richter reveals that Canadian defence officials independently came to strategic understandings of the most critical issues of the nuclear age regarding the use of force in resolving disputes. Canadian appreciation of deterrence, arms control, and strategic stability differed conceptually from the US models. Similarly, Canadian thinking on the controversial issues of air defence and the domestic acquisition of nuclear weapons was primarily influenced by decidedly Canadian interests. This book illustrates Canada’s considerable latitude for independent defence thinking while providing key historical information that helps make sense of the contemporary Canadian defence debate.

andreW ricHter is an associate professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Windsor.


US paperback rights held by Michigan State University Press

no place to runThe Canadian Corps and Gas Warfare in the First World Wartim cook

Winner of the 2002 c.p. stacey award, Canadian Committee for the History of the Second World War

Historians of the First World War have often dismissed the important role of poison gas in the battles of the Western Front. Tim Cook shows that the serious threat of gas did not disappear with the introduction of gas masks. By 1918, gas shells were used by all armies to deluge the battlefield, and those not instructed with a sound anti-gas doctrine left themselves exposed to this new chemical plague. This book provides a challenging re-examination of the function of gas warfare in the First World War, including its important role in delivering victory in the campaign of 1918 and its curious postwar legacy.

tiM cooK is a historian with the Canadian War Museum.




death so nobleMemory, Meaning, and the First World Warjonathan f. Vance

Winner of the 1998 c.p. stacey award, Canadian Historical Foundation

Winner of the 1998 dafoe book prize, John Wesley Dafoe Foundation

Winner of the 1998 sir john a. Macdonald prize, Canadian Historical Foundation

Honourable Mention, 2000 françois-Xavier garneau Medal, Canadian Historical Foundation

Shortlisted for the 1997 lionel gelber prize, Munk Centre for International Studies

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. Thematically organized into such subjects as the symbolism of the soldier, the implications of war memory for Canadian nationalism, and the idea of a just war, the book draws on military records, memoirs, war memorials, newspaper reports, fiction, popular songs, and films. it takes an unorthodox view of the Canadian war experience as a cultural and philosophical force rather than as a political and military event.

jonatHan f. Vance is a professor and Canada Research Chair in the Department of History at the University of Western Ontario.

1997, 978-0-7748-0600-8 pb $32.95336 pages, 6 x 9”82 b&w illustrations

objects of concernCanadian Prisoners of War Through the Twentieth Centuryjonathan f. Vance

Fifteen thousand Canadians were captured during Canada’s twientieth-century wars. They experienced the bewilderment that accompanied the moment of capture, the humiliation of being completely in the captor’s power, and the sense of stagnating in a backwater while the rest of the world moved forward. Jonathan F. Vance provides the first comprehensive account of how the Canadian government and non-governmental organizations have dealt with the problems of prisoners of war, examining Canada’s role in the formation of aspects of international law, the growth and activities of national and local philanthropic agencies, and the efforts of ex-prisoners to secure compensation for the long-term effects of captivity.

jonatHan f. Vance is a professor and Canada Research Chair in the Department of History at the University of Western Ontario.



security studies

the politics of procurementMilitary Acquisition in Canada and the Sea King Helicopteraaron plamondon

The best book yet on what’s wrong with Canada’s military procurement system using the Maritime Helicopter Project as a case study.– David Bercuson

in 1993, Canada’s Liberal Party cancelled an order to replace the navy’s Sea King helicopter. It claimed that the Tory plan was too expensive, but the cancellation itself actually cost taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars. Aaron Plamondon connects this incident to the larger story of the evolution of the defence procurement process in Canada. He reveals that partisan politics, rather than a desire to increase the military’s capabilities, have driven the military procurement process. This saga of the government playing havoc with weapons acquisition offers an explanation for, and clues for resolving, the under-equipped state of Canada’s military.

contentsPrefaceIntroduction: The Canadian Defence Procurement

System1 Procurement in Canada: A Brief History2 Early Helicopter Operations: The Exploration

of a New Capability3 The Procurement of the Sea King: Slow but Solid4 The Sea King in Canada: Time Is the Enemy

of Us All5 The New Shipborne Aircraft Project:

A Commitment to Replace the Fleet6 The Vulnerability of the NSA: Political Parrying7 The 1993 NSA Cancellation: Money for Nothing8 The 1994 White Paper and the New Statement

of Requirement: The Ghost of Procurements Past9 The Maritime Helicopter Project: Procuring on

Eggshells10 The Cyclone Decision: Caveat EmptorConclusionNotes; Selected Bibliography; Index

aaron plaMondon teaches Canadian and Military History at the University of Calgary and Mount Royal University. He is also a National Fellow at the Centre for Military and Strategic Studies at the University of Calgary.

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canada, the congo crisis, and un peacekeeping, 1960– 64Kevin a. spooner

In 1960 the Republic of Congo teetered near collapse as its first government struggled to cope with civil unrest and mutinous armed forces. When the UN established a peacekeeping operation to deal with the crisis, the Canadian government faced a difficult decision. Should it support the intervention? By offering one of the first detailed accounts of Canadian involvement in a UN peacekeeping mission, Kevin Spooner reveals that Canada’s involvement was not a certainty. The Diefenbaker government had immediate and ongoing reservations about the mission, reservations that challenged cherished notions of Canada’s commitment to the UN and its status as a peacekeeper.

KeVin spooner is an assistant professor of north American studies at Wilfrid Laurier University.

2009, 978-0-7748-1637-3 pb $32.95296 pages, 6 x 9”3 figures

pearson’s peacekeepersCanada and the United Nations Emergency Force, 1956–67Michael K. carroll

in 1957, Lester Pearson won the nobel Peace Prize for creating the United Nations Emergency Force during the Suez crisis. The award launched Canada’s enthusiasm and reputation for peacekeeping. Pearson’s Peacekeepers explores the reality behind the rhetoric by offering a detailed account of the unEF’s decade-long effort to keep peace along the Egyptian-Israeli border. While the operation was a tremendous achievement, the UNEF also encountered formidable challenges and problems. This nuanced account of Canada’s participation in the UNEF challenges perceived notions of Canadian identity and history and will help Canadians to accurately evaluate international peacekeeping efforts today.

MicHael K. carroll is a SDF Postdoctoral Fellow at the Centre for Military and Strategic Studies at the University of Calgary.

2009, 978-0-7748-1582-6 pb $29.95254 pages, 6 x 9”21 b&w photos, 1 map



the paradoxes of peacebuilding post–9/11edited by stephen baranyi

Is sustainable peace an illusion in a world where foreign military interventions are replacing peace negotiations as starting points for postwar reconstruction? What would it take to achieve durable peace? This book presents six provocative case studies authored by respected peacebuilding practitioners in their own societies. The studies address two cases of relative success (Guatemala and Mozambique), three cases of renewed but deeply fraught efforts (Afghanistan, Haiti, and the Palestinian territories), and the case of Sri Lanka, where peacebuilding was aborted but where the outlines of a new peace process can be discerned.

stepHen baranyi is Principal Researcher on Conflict Prevention at the north-South Institute in Ottawa.

contributors: Wenche Hauge, Carolina Hunguana, Hérard Jadotte, Gabriel Aguilera Peralta, Yves-François Pierre, Kristiana Powell, Pamela Scholey, Khalil Shikaki, Eduardo J. Sitoe, Arne Strand, Jane Murphy Thomas, Beate Thoresen, Jayadeva Uyangoda, and Omar Zakhilwal.

2008, 978-0-7748-1452-2 pb $34.95392 pages, 6 x 9”

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cautious beginningsCanadian Foreign Intelligence, 1939–51Kurt f. jensen

Kurt F. Jensen argues that Canada was a more active intelligence partner in the Second World War alliance than has previously been suggested. He describes Canada’s contributions to Allied intelligence before the war began, as well as the distinctly Canadian activities that started from that point. He reveals how the government created an intelligence organization during the war to aid Allied resources. This is a convincing portrait of a nation with an active role in Second World War intelligence gathering, one that continues to influence the architecture of its current capabilities.

Kurt f. jensen is a former Canadian diplomat whose assignments included work with foreign intelligence. He also teaches political science at Carleton University.

2008, 978-0-7748-1483-6 pb $34.95252 pages, 6 x 9”



alliance and illusionCanada and the World, 1945–1984robert bothwell

Honourable Mention, 2008 sir john a. Macdonald prize, Canadian Historical Association

Alliance and Illusion is the definitive assessment of the domestic and international aspects of Canadian foreign policy in the modern era. Robert Bothwell provides nuanced studies of Canada’s leaders, and discusses international currents that drove Canadian external affairs, from American influence over Vietnam and the draft dodgers, to the French case of de Gaulle’s eruption into Quebec in 1967. this definitive recounting and assessment of Canadian foreign policy in the modern era fills a crucial gap in Canadian history and provides invaluable context for understanding Canada’s present-day foreign policy dilemmas.

robert botHWell holds the May Gluskin Chair in Canadian History at the University of Toronto, where he is Director of the international relations program at Trinity College. He is author of The New Penguin History of Canada, as well as Canada and the United States, Canada and Quebec, and The Big Chill.

2007, 978-0-7748-1369-3 pb $34.95480 pages, 6 x 9”

“Here is Hell”Canada’s Engagement in Somaliagrant dawson

Grant Dawson’s analysis of political, diplomatic, and military decision making avoids a narrow focus on the shocking offences of a few Canadian soldiers, deftly investigating the broader context of the deployment in Somalia. He shows how media pressure, government optimism about the United Nations, and the Canadian traditions of multilateralism and peacekeeping all helped to determine the level, length, and tenor of the country’s operations. His findings will undoubtedly play a seminal role in informing scholarly debate about this important period in Canadian diplomacy and military engagement.

grant daWson is a postdoctoral fellow at the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Carleton university. He teaches political science at Carleton and history at the University of Ottawa.



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common sense on Weapons of Mass destructionthomas graham jr.

In our post-9/11 world of shoe bombers and cyberterrorism, a crude nuclear device no larger than a baseball could devastate a major city. As we live in fear of attacks of unknown proportion, why do people remain confused and complacent in the face of potential disaster? Ambassador Thomas Graham Jr. believes that a tide of misinformation has led to the public’s lack of understanding of the vital issues. Here, in a straightforward and comprehensible style, Graham concisely provides the background necessary to understand the news and opinions surrounding WMDs.

tHoMas graHaM jr. served as general counsel and acting director of the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency. His work culminated in the agreement to indefinitely extend the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. Graham is special counsel at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP in Washington, DC, and he teaches classes in international law and arms control.

2004, 978-0-7748-1147-7 pb $20.95200 pages, 6 x 9”

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another Kind of justiceCanadian Military Law from Confederation to Somaliachris Madsen

Another Kind of Justice is the first historical survey of Canadian military law, providing insights into military justice in Canada, the purpose of military law, and the level of legal professionalism within the Canadian military. After delving into the British roots of Canadian military law, Chris Madsen brings his discussion up to date with analysis of recent sexual discrimination cases and the Somalia inquiry. He explains how the law has served a strictly functional purpose in maintaining discipline, and demonstrates how it claims its legitimacy and distinct status in relation to civil law.

cHris Madsen is associate professor of Warfare Studies at the Canadian Forces College.

1999, 978-0-7748-0719-7 pb $32.95248 pages, 6 x 9”

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