Canada's Army: Waging War and Keeping the Peace, Third Edition

by J.L. Granatstein

Overview

Written by J.L. Granatstein, one of the country's leading political and military historians, Canada's Army traces the full three-hundred-year history of the Canadian military. This thoroughly revised third edition brings Granatstein’s work up to date with fresh material and new scholarship on the evolving role of the military in Canadian society. It includes new coverage of the War in Afghanistan; NATO deployments to Poland, Latvia, and Iraq; aid to the civil power deployments; and the role of the army reserve. Masterfully written and passionately argued, Canada's Army offers a rich analysis of the political context for the battles and events that shape our understanding of the Canadian military.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781487509477
Publisher:	University of Toronto Press
Publication date:	09/13/2021
Edition description:	3rd ed.
Pages:	980
Product dimensions:	7.25(w) x 10.25(h) x 1.70(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

J.L. Granatstein is the former director and CEO of the Canadian War Museum and a distinguished research professor emeritus of history. He is an award-winning author of more than sixty books on Canadian political and military history, the recipient of numerous honorary degrees, and an Officer of the Order of Canada.

Table of Contents

Preface
Acknowledgments
Maps

1. The Militia Myth: Canadian Arms to Confederation
2. Making an Army: Beginnings
3. A Militia under Arms: Sam Hughes’s Army
4. Becoming Professional: Arthur Currie’s Army
5. Losing Professionalism: The Interwar Years
6. McNaughton’s Army: The Long Wait
7. Into Battle: Sicily and Italy, July 1943–June 1944
8. Into Battle: Northwest Europe and Italy, June 1944–May 1945
9. The Professional Army, 1945–1968
10. Professionalism under Siege, 1968–2001
11. Afghanistan and the Remaking of the Army
12. Conclusion

Notes
A Selected Bibliography of Secondary Sources
Illustration Credits
Index

What People are Saying About This

Marc Milner

"Granatstein's history of Canada's army is once again fully up to date and revised based on the latest scholarship. It remains vintage Granatstein: clear, concise, reflective, and well researched, with a sharply critical eye on the nexus between preparedness and politics."

David J. Bercuson

"Since its original publication this book has been the definitive history of the Canadian Army. It is readable, authoritative, and now completely up to date."

Tim Cook

"Granatstein weaves a masterful story that covers more than 150 years of military history in this work of original research and synthesis. This is the best book ever written about Canada's army."

Editorial Reviews

"Granatstein is, without doubt, one of Canada’s pre-eminent military historians... [Should any] Canadian wish to become functionally knowledgable about our army, this book is an excellent place to start."

—Steven Dieter, The Globe and Mail

"[An] immensely readable tour de force through the political and battlefield swamps of army history."

—Ron Lowman, Toronto Star

"Everyone who cares for and about Canada's army will be pleased with Granatstein’s superb book."

—Major Michael McNorgan, Canadian Military Journal

"Granatstein weaves a masterful story that covers more than 150 years of military history in this work of original research and synthesis. This is the best book ever written about Canada’s army."

—Tim Cook, author of Vimy: the Battle and the Legend and The Fight for History: 75 Years of Forgetting, Remembering and Remaking Canada’s Second World War

"Granatstein’s history of Canada’s army is once again fully up to date and revised based on the latest scholarship. It remains vintage Granatstein: clear, concise, reflective, and well researched, with a sharply critical eye on the nexus between preparedness and politics."

—Marc Milner, Professor Emeritus of History, University of New Brunswick

"Since its original publication this book has been the definitive history of the Canadian Army. It is readable, authoritative, and now completely up to date."

—David J. Bercuson, Director Emeritus of the Centre for Military and Strategic Studies, University of Calgary

From the Publisher

"Granatstein is, without doubt, one of Canada's pre-eminent military historians ... [Should any] Canadian wish to become functionally knowledgable about our army, this book is an excellent place to start."

The Globe and Mail - Steven Dieter

"[An] immensely readable tour de force through the political and battlefield swamps of army history."

Toronto Star - Ron Lowman

"Everyone who cares for and about Canada's army will be pleased with Granatstein's superb book."

Canadian Military Journal - Major Michael McNorgan