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Canadians Under Fire
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Author : Robert C. Engen
language : en
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Release Date : 2009-09-23
Canadians Under Fire written by Robert C. Engen and has been published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-09-23 with History categories.
In Canadians Under Fire Robert Engen explores the dynamics of what combat looked like to Canada's infantrymen during the Second World War. Analyzing unexamined battle experience questionnaires from over 150 Canadian infantry officers, Engen argues for a reassessment of the tactical behaviour of Canadian soldiers in the Second World War. The evidence also shows that Marshall's theory of non-participation in combat by Allied forces is demonstrably false: Canadian soldiers took a continued and aggressive part in the fighting.
Canadians Under Fire
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Author : Robert Charles Engen
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2009
Canadians Under Fire written by Robert Charles Engen and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Canada categories.
A Nation Forged In Fire
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Author : J. L. Granatstein
language : en
Publisher: Toronto, Canada : Lester & Orpen Dennys
Release Date : 1989
A Nation Forged In Fire written by J. L. Granatstein and has been published by Toronto, Canada : Lester & Orpen Dennys this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989 with History categories.
While Canadian soldiers fought and died in World War II, Canada itself was changing. Ottawa was forced to turn to the United States for economic and strategic aid; women entered the work force; industry boomed; and old traditions and loyalties were swept away.
Courage Rewarded
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Author : T. Robert Fowler
language : en
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
Release Date : 2009-11-03
Courage Rewarded written by T. Robert Fowler and has been published by Trafford Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-11-03 with History categories.
Canadians Under Fire
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Author : Robert Engen
language : en
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Release Date : 2009
Canadians Under Fire written by Robert Engen and has been published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with History categories.
"Infantrymen have been the sledgehammer of land warfare throughout the twentieth century, but precisely how they fought at the tactical level has been difficult to determine. American historian S.L.A. Marshall, for instance, famously claimed that most Allied soldiers would not fight at all, even when their lives were at stake. In "Canadians Under Fire", Robert Engen explores the dynamics of what combat looked like to Canada's infantrymen during the Second World War. Analyzing unexamined battle experience questionnaires from over 150 Canadian infantry officers, Engen argues for a reassessment of the tactical behaviour of Canadian soldiers in the Second World War. The evidence also shows that Marshall's theory of non-participation in combat by Allied forces is demonstrably false: Canadian soldiers took a continued and aggressive part in the fighting. "Canadians Under Fire" forces a reappraisal of previous ideas about the behaviour of men in combat and offers new insight into how Canadians responded at the battlefront"--Publisher's description.
Leadership Under Fire
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Author : Ross H. Paul
language : en
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Release Date : 2011
Leadership Under Fire written by Ross H. Paul and has been published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Education categories.
While the role of the university president has evolved dramatically in recent years, the recruitment pool and selection process have changed little since the 1960s. InLeadership Under Fire, Ross Paul combines leadership theory, interviews with eleven of Canada's most successful presidents, and thirty-five years of personal experience to shed light on the complexity and importance of leading a university and identifies some of the critical challenges and opportunities facing Canadian universities today. Paul illuminates some of the ways in which Canadian universities are unique and uses these differences to make clear the importance of organizational cultural and institutional fit for leaders confronting critical academic issues such as academic leadership and accountability, student success and support, university funding and fund-raising, strategic planning, government and community relations, and internationalism. His analysis reaffirms some long-standing practices, while arguing that changes are badly needed in others. While much has been written about university leadership elsewhere,Leadership Under Firefocuses on Canada and some of the men and women who have made a real difference to the quality of its post-secondary institutions. Paul builds on their stories to offer useful perspectives and advice at a time when the quality of universities was never more critical to the country's economic, social, and political success.
First Soldiers Down
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Author : Ron Corbett
language : en
Publisher: Dundurn
Release Date : 2012-04-28
First Soldiers Down written by Ron Corbett and has been published by Dundurn this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-04-28 with History categories.
On April 18, 2002, "friendly fire" killed four Canadian soldiers in Afghanistan, Canada’s first combat deaths since the Korean War. On April 18, 2002, Alpha Company, Third Battalion of the Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, was on a training exercise at Tarnak Farms, a former Taliban artillery range in southern Afghanistan. The exercise had been underway for nearly seven hours when two American fighter pilots flew overhead. One, Major Harry Schmidt, saw the artillery fire below, and thinking he was under attack, dropped a laser-guided bomb. Four Canadian soldiers died that night, the first Canadian combat fatalities since the Korean War. For many in Canada the tragedy signalled the true beginning of Canada’s lengthy combat mission in Afghanistan. First Soldiers Down recounts what happened that evening through archival material and the recollections of troops. It also tells the personal stories of the fallen Sergeant Marc Lger, Corporal Ainsworth Dyer, Private Richard Green, and Private Nathan Smith as well as what happened to the loved ones of each of the four in the decade since the incident.
Fields Of Fire
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Author : Terry Copp
language : en
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Release Date : 2014-01-01
Fields Of Fire written by Terry Copp and has been published by University of Toronto Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-01-01 with History categories.
With Fields of Fire, Terry Copp challenges the conventional view that the Canadian contribution to the Battle of Normandy was a failure that the allies won only through the use of brute force, and that the Canadian soldiers and commanding officers were essentially incompetent. His detailed and impeccably researched analysis of what actually happened on the battlefield portrays a flexible, innovative army that made a major, and successful, contribution to the defeat of the German forces in just seventy-six days. Challenging both existing interpretations of the campaign and current approaches to military history, Copp examines the Battle of Normandy, tracking the soldiers over the battlefield terrain and providing an account of each operation carried out by the Canadian army. In so doing, he illustrates the valour, skill, and commitment of the Allied citizen-soldier in the face of a well-entrenched and well-equipped enemy army. This new edition of Copp's best-selling, award-winning history includes a new introduction that examines the strategic background of the Battle of Normandy.
Under Fire
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Author : Lorne Shirinian
language : en
Publisher: Kingston, Ont. : Blue Heron Press
Release Date : 2003
Under Fire written by Lorne Shirinian and has been published by Kingston, Ont. : Blue Heron Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Literary Criticism categories.
Courage Rewarded
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Author : T. Robert Fowler
language : en
Publisher: CreateSpace
Release Date : 2013-10-11
Courage Rewarded written by T. Robert Fowler and has been published by CreateSpace this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-10-11 with History categories.
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 memories alive - such as that of Corporal William Knisley who, isolated on a lonely South African hill in 1901, held off the enemy until he was killed; and Captain Oliver Mowat who died holding back a Bolshevik advance in the lonely snow-covered woods of North Russia in 1918; and Sergeant Les Dixon who was one of only two men awarded the Military Medal with two bars in the Second World War. The book does not proceed by presenting a large collection of citations but analyzes the meaning of courage using a wide variety of sources that include, to the extent practical, memoirs by Canadian soldiers. In addition, each chapter attempts to show how courage was affected by changes in weapons technology in that era. Finally, each chapter describes the development of the British system of honours and awards in the related time period and how it affected awards made to Canadian soldiers – the Victoria Cross, Distinguished Service Order, Military Cross, Distinguished Conduct Medal, Military Medal; and more recently the Star of Military Valour and the Medal of Military Valour awarded in Afghanistan. As a result, this book is in effect the most complete history yet of gallantry awards to Canadians. With the first of the new Canadian decorations of military valour awarded in 2007, this era of British awards has ended and a new one begun. The book concludes with an analysis of the decorations for military valour that were awarded for the combat mission in Afghanistan