During the Second World War, the Congress of IndustrialOrganizations in Canada grew from a handful of members to more than aquarter-million and from political insignificance to a position ofinfluence
Soldiers found guilty of desertion or cowardice during the Great Warfaced death by firing squad. In this revealing look at military law inthe Canadian Expeditionary Force, historian Teresa Iacobelli e
World War I conjures up visions of barbed wire, trenches, mud, and massive and futile offensives with horrendous casualties. The frustrating stalemate on the western front with its unprecedented casua
Illustrated edition with approximately 20 black and white pictures depicting different periods of war. Part of the Military History from Primary Sources series, a new military history range compiled
A comprehensive illustrated history of classical and historical swordsmanship, this volume details uses of the broadsword, two-hander, and rapier as well as the dagger, bayonet, and halberd.
Based on extensive interviews with surviving members of the squadron, here is the history of the Tuskegee Airmen, the first group of African-American pilots in the history of the U.S. military.?The "R
A detailed, scholarly study of defensive armor used in the Middle East and Asia, addressing both the defensive features and decorative qualities of such items as Persian helmets and boots of mail and
One of the most valuable and entertaining accounts to have survived the American Revolution, this journal vividly conveys the tumultuous spirit of the era. Massachusetts 16th Regiment surgeon James Th
Explores Russia's military and demographic competition with the Crimean Khanate and Ottoman Empire for control of the Black Sea steppe in the eighteenth century.>
"This is a must-have book in Canadian military and social history, representing both fields at their very best. Wood sets the record straight on one of the most discussed but nonetheless little-known
Before Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863,he made a last-minute change -- a paragraph authorizing the army torecruit black soldiers. Over the next two years, approximately 18
Countering prevalent notions of austerity on the home front, Broad (history, King's University College, Western University, Canada) finds that despite government warnings about how buying unnecessary
Delaney (history, chair of war studies, Royal Military College of Canada) profiles five British and Canadian generals who served as corps commanders during World War II. In addition to profiling these
Although the Allies claimed victory at the end of the Second WorldWar, the United States' invention of the atomic bomb and itsreplication by the Soviet Union posed new dangers for all nations.In Peace
In 1711, the newly formed Great Britain launched its first attempt to conquer French North America. The largest military force ever assembled to fight on the continent was dispatched and combined with
No army went to war in 1914 ready to conduct trench warfare operations. All the armies of the First World War discovered that prolonged trench warfare required new types of munitions alongside the con
This monograph focuses on the strategic concepts, planning and the limited success of the Polish military, leading up to the British Guarantee of March, 1939 and then throughout the Second World War.
