Another Kind of Justice: Canadian Military Law from Confederation to Somalia
ISBN: 9780774807197 / Angielski / Miękka / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This text provides insights into military justice in Canada, the purpose of military law, and the level of professionalism within the Canadian military. It describes the statutes and regulations that govern Canada's armed forces and the institutions responsible for overseeing military law.
This text provides insights into military justice in Canada, the purpose of military law, and the level of professionalism within the Canadian militar...
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171,28 zł |
For Your Tomorrow: Canadians and the Burma Campaign, 1941-1945
ISBN: 9781412015363 / Angielski / Miękka / 360 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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112,32 zł |
Militia Myths: Ideas of the Canadian Citizen Soldier, 1896-1921
ISBN: 9780774817653 / Angielski / Twarda / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The image of farmers and workers called to the colours endures in Canada's social memory of the First World War. But is the ideal of being a citizen first and a soldier only by necessity as recent as our histories and memories suggest? Militia Myths brings to light a military culture that consistently employed the citizen soldier as its foremost symbol, but was otherwise in a state of profound transition. At the time of Confederation, the defence of Canada itself represented the country's only real obligation to the British Empire, but by the early twentieth century Canadians... The image of farmers and workers called to the colours endures in Canada's social memory of the First World War. But is the ideal of being a citize... |
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473,52 zł |
Veterans with a Vision: Canada's War Blinded in Peace and War
ISBN: 9780774818551 / Angielski / Twarda / 464 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. 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... Veterans with a Vision provides a vibrant, poignant, and very human history of Canada's war-blinded veterans and of the organization they fo... |
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473,52 zł |
Canada and the Second World War: Essays in Honour of Terry Copp
ISBN: 9781554586295 / Angielski / Miękka / 500 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Terry Copp's tireless teaching, research, and writing has challenged generations of Canadian veterans, teachers, and students to discover an informed memory of their country's role in the Second World War. This collection, drawn from the work of Terry's colleagues and former students, considers Canada and the Second World War from a wealth of perspectives. Social, cultural, and military historians address topics under five headings: The Home Front, The War of the Scientists, The Mediterranean Theatre, Normandy/Northwest Europe, and The Aftermath. The questions considered are varied and...
Terry Copp's tireless teaching, research, and writing has challenged generations of Canadian veterans, teachers, and students to discover an informed ...
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246,14 zł |
A Two-Edged Sword : The Navy as an Instrument of Canadian Foreign Policy
ISBN: 9780773540514 / Angielski / Twarda / 476 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the first major study of the Royal Canadian Navy's contribution to foreign policy, Nicholas Tracy takes a comprehensive look at the paradox that Canada faces in participating in a system of collective defence as a means of avoiding subordination to other countries. Created in 1910 to support Canadian autonomy, the Royal Canadian Navy has played an important role in defining Canada's relationship with the United Kingdom, the United States, and NATO. Initially involved with participation in Imperial and Commonwealth defence, the RCN's role shifted following the Second World War to primarily...
In the first major study of the Royal Canadian Navy's contribution to foreign policy, Nicholas Tracy takes a comprehensive look at the paradox that Ca...
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286,34 zł |
Labour Goes to War: The CIO and the Construction of a New Social Order, 1939-45
ISBN: 9780774823425 / Angielski / Twarda / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. During the Second World War, the Congress of Industrial Organizations in Canada grew from a handful of members to more than a quarter-million and from political insignificance to a position of influence in the emergence of the welfare state. What was it about the "good war" that brought about this phenomenal growth? And how did this coming of age during the war affect the emerging CIO? Labour Goes to War analyzes the organizing strategies of the CIO during the war to show that both economic and cultural forces were behind its explosive growth. Labour shortages gave workers... During the Second World War, the Congress of Industrial Organizations in Canada grew from a handful of members to more than a quarter-million and f... |
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423,14 zł |
Pathogens for War: Biological Weapons, Canadian Life Scientists, and North American Biodefence
ISBN: 9780802089717 / Angielski / Twarda / 448 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Pathogens for War explores how Canada and its allies have attempted to deal with the threat of germ warfare, one of the most fearful weapons of mass destruction, since the Second World War. In addressing this subject, distinguished historian Donald Avery investigates the relationship between bioweapons, poison gas, and nuclear devices, as well as the connection between bioattacks and natural disease pandemics. Avery emphasizes the crucially important activities of Canadian biodefence scientists - beginning with Nobel Laureate Frederick Banting - at both the national level and... Pathogens for War explores how Canada and its allies have attempted to deal with the threat of germ warfare, one of the most fearful weapo... |
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357,65 zł |
Quebec : The Story of Three Sieges
ISBN: 9781441113597 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book chronicles the three very different sieges of Quebec and sheds new light on these pivotal eighteenth-century conflicts. This book is being published to mark the 250th anniversary of the siege of Quebec. But unlike other books on this celebrated event, this account is set against a much wider canvas. The book is divided into three parts: each telling the story of one of the three eighteenth-century sieges of Quebec. There will be illustrations and maps included. By chronicling the events of three very different sieges, across two separate eighteenth-century conflicts, Dr Manning...
This book chronicles the three very different sieges of Quebec and sheds new light on these pivotal eighteenth-century conflicts. This book is being p...
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327,43 zł |
Pathogens for War: Biological Weapons, Canadian Life Scientists, and North American Biodefence
ISBN: 9781442614246 / Angielski / Miękka / 410 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Pathogens for War explores how Canada and its allies have attempted to deal with the threat of germ warfare, one of the most fearful weapons of mass destruction, since the Second World War. In addressing this subject, distinguished historian Donald Avery investigates the relationship between bioweapons, poison gas, and nuclear devices, as well as the connection between bioattacks and natural disease pandemics. Avery emphasizes the crucially important activities of Canadian biodefence scientists - beginning with Nobel Laureate Frederick Banting - at both the national level and... Pathogens for War explores how Canada and its allies have attempted to deal with the threat of germ warfare, one of the most fearful weapo... |
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188,66 zł |
Courage Rewarded: The Valour of Canadian Soldiers Under Fire 1900-2011
ISBN: 9781490472355 / Angielski / Miękka / 398 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book is a 2013 revised edition of the original, now containing a full chapter on the Canadian missions in Afghanistan, to complete the story of Canadian soldiers under fire since 1900. The book deals with a subject which has not often been covered before from the perspective of the Canadian military - the question of what is "courage in battle," examining how bravery was shown by soldiers in the Canadian army from the South African War in 1900 to the end of the Afghan combat mission in 2011. Many of these courageous soldiers have been forgotten and this book is one way of keeping their...
This book is a 2013 revised edition of the original, now containing a full chapter on the Canadian missions in Afghanistan, to complete the story of C...
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112,78 zł |
Death or Deliverance: Canadian Courts Martial in the Great War
ISBN: 9780774825689 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Soldiers found guilty of desertion or cowardice during the Great War faced death by firing squad. Novels, histories, movies, and television series often depict courts martial as brutal and inflexible, and social memories of this system of frontline justice have inspired modern movements to seek pardons for soldiers executed on the battlefield. In this powerful and moving book, Teresa Iacobelli looks beyond stories of callous generals and quick executions to consider the trials of nearly two hundred soldiers who were sentenced to death but spared by a disciplinary system capable of... Soldiers found guilty of desertion or cowardice during the Great War faced death by firing squad. Novels, histories, movies, and television series ... |
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156,16 zł |
In Peace Prepared: Innovation and Adaptation in Canada's Cold War Army
ISBN: 9780774827027 / Angielski / Twarda / 292 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Although the Allies claimed victory at the end of the Second World War, the United States' invention of the atomic bomb and its replication by the Soviet Union posed new dangers for all nations. In Peace Prepared examines what Canada's Cold War Army did to prepare for war against the Warsaw Pact armies - and why and how it did it. Drawing on previously classified documents from both sides of the conflict, Andrew Godefroy reveals that although the Third World War never happened, peacetime operations played a significant role in the evolution of Canada's army. Officers,... Although the Allies claimed victory at the end of the Second World War, the United States' invention of the atomic bomb and its replication by the ... |
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448,33 zł |
Gunfire Along the River: A Concise History of the Battle of Crysler's Farm November 11, 1813
ISBN: 9781482052091 / Angielski / Miękka / 64 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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24,32 zł |
The Last Campaign: The Fall of New France in 1760
ISBN: 9781482329445 / Angielski / Miękka / 158 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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30,96 zł |
A Redcoat and Greencoat at War: : The Narratives of Shadrach Byfield of the 41st Regiment and Thaddeus Lewis of the Glengarry Light Infantry
ISBN: 9781482584400 / Angielski / Miękka / 116 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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25,32 zł |
Le Trajet d'un Fusilier (1940-1945)
ISBN: 9780987972101 / Francuski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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54,01 zł |
Unlikely Diplomats: The Canadian Brigade in Germany, 1951-64
ISBN: 9780774825641 / Angielski / Miękka / 268 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In 1951, Canada sent troops to western Europe to support its NATO allies. The brigade helped Canada establish its international status. In private, however, Canadian officials and military leaders expressed grave doubts about NATO's strategies and operational plans. Despite these reservations, they sent military families overseas and implemented personnel policies that permanently changed the distribution of the defence budget and the character of the Canadian Army. This original account of the evolution of the Canadian Army ? from a small training cadre to a truly national force ? offers... In 1951, Canada sent troops to western Europe to support its NATO allies. The brigade helped Canada establish its international status. In private,... |
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156,16 zł |
His Majesty's Courageous Highlanders
ISBN: 9781499124477 / Angielski / Miękka / 230 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Anthology of original letters; muster rolls; payment ledgers, and historical records from the private collection of Major James Clephane of Colonel Simon Fraser's 78th Highlanders regiment, which fought in the French and Indian War in North America, 1757-63. Transcribed from original records contained at the Scottish National Archives, together with anecdotal supplemental literature relevant to the conflict. Full name index included.
Anthology of original letters; muster rolls; payment ledgers, and historical records from the private collection of Major James Clephane of Colonel Si...
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135,38 zł |
Unlikely Diplomats: The Canadian Brigade in Germany, 1951-64
ISBN: 9780774825634 / Angielski / Twarda / 268 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In 1951, Canada sent troops to western Europe to support its NATO allies. The brigade helped Canada establish its international status. In private, however, Canadian officials and military leaders expressed grave doubts about NATO's strategies and operational plans. Despite these reservations, they sent military families overseas and implemented personnel policies that permanently changed the distribution of the defence budget and the character of the Canadian Army. This original account of the evolution of the Canadian Army ? from a small training cadre to a truly national force ? offers... In 1951, Canada sent troops to western Europe to support its NATO allies. The brigade helped Canada establish its international status. In private,... |
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448,33 zł |