War Museum historian Dr. Tim Cook launches new book on the First World War

War Museum historian Dr. Tim Cook launches new book on the First World War

Dr. Tim Cook has been the Museum’s First World War historian since early 2002. He is responsible for the historical content of Gallery 2, For Crown and Country: the South African and First World Wars.

Dr. Cook’s No Place to Run: The Canadian Corps and Gas Warfare in the First World War (2000) won the 1999–2000 C.P. Stacey Award for the best book published in Canada on a Canadian military topic. His second book, Clio’s Warriors: Canadian Historians and the Writing of the World Wars, was published in 2006. Dr. Cook is currently developing a special exhibition on the culture of First World War soldiers. He is an Adjunct Professor of History at Carleton University.

WHAT: Tim Cook book launch At the Sharp End: Canadians Fighting the Great War 1914-1916
WHERE: Barney Danson Theatre, Canadian War Museum
WHEN: Thursday, November 15 at 7:00 p.m.
COST: Free

Admission to the War Museum is free Thursday evenings from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Information (media):

Christina Selin
Manager, Communications
Canadian War Museum
Telephone: 819 776-8607
E-mail: christina.selin@warmuseum.ca.

Pierre Leduc
Media Relations Officer
Canadian War Museum
Telephone: 819 776-8608
E-mail: pierre.leduc@warmuseum.ca.

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