David J. Bercuson has written fourteen works of Canadian and other military history, including regimental histories of the Calgary Highlanders and Princess Patricia s Canadian Light Infantry; Blood on the Hills: The Canadian Army in the Korean War; a history of the sinking of the German battleship Bismarck; and The Fighting Canadians: Our Regimental History from New France to Afghanistan. He holds the J.B. Tyrrell Historical Medal for the writing of Canadian history, awarded by the Royal Society of Canada, and is an Officer of the Order of Canada. He teaches Canadian military history at the Un...