Forging a Nation: Perspectives on the Canadian Military
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Horn (Lieutenant-Colonel), Bernd, PUBLISHER: Vanwell Publishong>inong>g, Forgong>inong>g A Nation offers a collection of essays on the development of the Canadian military experience. For more than two centuries, Canadians have taken up arms to defend the nation and our national ideals, to support our allies and to brong>inong>g peace ong>inong> other parts of the world. This book offers an important commentary on these actions, and the way our military experience has shaped our country's national and ong>inong>ternational identity.The essays are organized ong>inong>to four distong>inong>ct eras: Part I covers the colonial period, from early contact with the First Nations to Canada's participation ong>inong> the American Civil War and the Boer War. Part II studies the impact of the two world wars on Canada ong>inong> terms of mobilization, ong>inong>dustrial development and operational strategies. The third section examong>inong>es the notion of national security from a Canadian ong>contextong>, identifies the distong>inong>ctly Canadian style of warfare and national defence issues. Part IV explores Canada's role ong>inong> ong>inong>ternational spheres-alliance relationships, Cold War participation, ong>inong>volvement ong>inong> other areas of the globe, and ong>inong>cludes a penetratong>inong>g appraisal of our peacekeepong>inong>g heritage.