Books in the Studies in Canadian Military History series

In detailing the complexities of buying fighter aircrafts for the RCAF in the early years of the Cold War, Wakelam also sheds light on contemporary procurement issues.

This important book explores an arts-based therapeutic approach to mental health care, bringing to light the journeys of contemporary military veterans as they adjust to civilian life post-deployment.

Making the Best of It examines the ways in which gender and other identities intersected to shape the experiences of female Canadians and Newfoundlanders during the Second World War.

A complex, analytical yet accessible portrait of Bert Hoffmeister, who won more awards than any Canadian officer in the Second World War.

This fascinating investigation into the machinations of a divided navy tackles important questions of military professionalism, leadership, and identity.

This book explores how the Canadian Army prepared for the possibility of a Third World War and how its innovations and adaptations laid the groundwork for the evolution of our national army.

Commander A.F.C. Layard, RN, wrote almost daily in his diary from 1913 until 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.

A lavishly illustrated history of the Canadian Rangers and their evolving role as defenders and stewards of Canada's remote regions.

Corps Commanders explains how five very different Second World War British and Canadian generals fought their battles, and why they fought them in similar fashion.

Acclaimed historian and author Tim Cook (At the Sharp End) analyses where the practice of academic military history has come from and where it needs to go.

A meticulously researched and groundbreaking study of the activities and motivations of the British Navy on North America's eastern seabord.

A comprehensive, at times intimate, portrait of Verdun and Verdunites, both English and French, during the Second World War.

Examines the evolution of the military's interest in Aboriginal lands and its relationships with communities over the course of the twentieth century. This book explores how the Canadian military came to use Aboriginal lands for training purposes, and how the growth of Aboriginal assertiveness and activism has affected the land rights issue.

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."

This important book explores an arts-based therapeutic approach to mental health care, bringing to light the journeys of contemporary military veterans as they adjust to civilian life post-deployment.

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

The Price of Alliance balances high politics with military requirements in the first major reappraisal of Pierre Trudeau's controversial defence policy.

This insightful collection untangles the paradox of mobilizing a Canadian contribution to Britain's imperial wars - and forging a national identity in the process.

This insightful collection untangles the paradox of mobilizing a Canadian contribution to Britain's imperial wars - and forging a national identity in the process.

The first in-depth examination of Canadian conscripts in the final battles of the Great War, Reluctant Warriors provides fresh evidence that conscripts were good soldiers who fought valiantly and made a crucial contribution to the success of the Canadian Corps in 1918.

Focusing on developments at the divisional level in Britain and Canada, The Empire on the Western Front casts a critical eye on how the British Empire transformed unseasoned volunteers into battle-ready soldiers for the Western Front.

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.

An intriguing account of Canada's role as a Pacific power during the crisis that led to war with Japan.

The first and only book about the Canadian pacifists who refused to fight in the Great War.

The senior Canadian officers of the Second World War learned how to fight a war on the job; for all of them, the weight of command was a burden to be borne.

For Home and Empire compares home-front mobilization during the First World War in three British dominions, using a settler colonial framework to show that voluntary efforts strengthened communal bonds while reinforcing class, race, and gender boundaries.

An original and critical account of the evolution of the Canadian Army and Canada's relationship with NATO in the Cold War era.

A landmark account of the background, motivations, and experiences of African Canadian volunteers in America's Civil War.