The Oxford Companion to Canadian Military History

Posted on: 21/10/2010

MEDIA ADVISORY

On behalf of Oxford University Press (Canada), you are cordially invited to attend the launch of

The Oxford Companion to Canadian Military History

Tuesday, October 26, 2010
5 p.m.
Barney Danson Theatre
Canadian War Museum
1 Vimy Place, Ottawa, Ontario

From Oxford University Press:

The battle of Vimy Ridge, the Dieppe raid, the Italian Campaign: the Canadian military has been indispensable to many of the greatest victories—and disasters—of our time. The evolution of Canada as a military power is chronicled by military historians J.L. Granatstein (former Director and CEO of the Canadian War Museum) and Dean F. Oliver (Director of Research and Exhibitions at the Canadian War Museum) in this authoritative and highly readable book.

Their entries include concise biographies from James Wolfe to Louis Riel to Rick Hillier; key military-political issues like the conscription crises, war finance and Canada–U.S. relations; lesser-known conflicts such as the Pig War and the Aroostook War; and more recent issues facing the Canadian Forces, including sexual harassment and post-traumatic stress disorder. We see Canada through an international lens as a war fighter and a peacekeeper—and as a participant in some darker moments (as in the Somalia Affair of the 1990s).

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