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MARCHING AS TO WAR: CANADA'S TURBULENT YEARS, 1899-1953.

By: Berton, Pierre.

Price: $25.00 USD

Publisher: Doubleday Canada: 2001

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 22478

ISBN: 0385257252

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

632 pp, large 8vo (9 5/8" H). Pictorial endpapers, b&w maps. "The first war of the century, which took Canadian soldiers to South Africa, and the last, which sent them to Korea, bracket the tumultuous years of the (20th) century's first half like bookends on the shelf of history. They have a good deal in common, these two minor conflicts, whose chronicles pale when compared to the bloodbaths of the two world wars. Canada's wartime days are long past, and for many, the scars of war have healed. Vimy has been manicured clean, its pockmarked slopes softened by a green mantle of Canadian p...
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THE PATRIOT GAME: NATIONAL DREAMS & POLITICAL REALITIES.

By: Brimelow, Peter.

Price: $17.50 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Key Porter: 1986

Seller ID: 28519

ISBN: 1550130013

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

310 pp, 9 1/2" H. "(A)rgues that Canada ought to be a second Switzerland, with a living standard actually higher than that of the U.S. But in fact it is embroiled in a tangle of regional and linguistic quarrels, mainipulated by both the Liberals and their Mulroney Tory imitators, and an elite in Ottawa that truly represents neither Anglophones nor Francophones. 'The Patriot Games' offers an unconventional view of Canada that will shatter many myths. Brimelow endorses the argument of Goldwin Smith's 1891 classic 'Canada and the Canadian Question' that our country is 'rich by nature,...
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THE FORKED ROAD: CANADA, 1939-1957.

By: Creighton, Donald.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, McClelland & Stewart: 1976

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 28339

ISBN: 077102360X

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

319 pp, 9 1/4" H. One of 'The Canadian Centenary Series'. B&w plates. "Canada's declaration of war against Germany in 1939 marked the beginning of the most significant eighteen-year period in the history of this nation. By the end of the Liberal regime in 1957 the country had undergone immense growth in human and material resources. The experience of the Second World War had been followed by participation in the Korean War and ten years of the Cold War. The Great Depression had given way to a boom which had continued through the exchange crisis, serious inflation and minor recess...
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NORTHERN APPROACHES: CANADA AND THE SEARCH FOR PEACE.

By: Eayrs, James.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Macmillan Canada: 1961

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 28515

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

195 pp, 8 3/4" H. "A brilliant intelligence is brought to bear on the vital issues of Canadian defence and foreign policy, on Canada's relations with the U.S. and the British Commonwealth and the Communist bloc. Canadians do not always look at these problems in the same way as their North American neighbours. This book considers the Canadian 'style' in approaching such questions. (Discusses) difficult and frightening issues such as the location of the Great Deterrent, the acquisition of nuclear weaons, the fate of the Avro Arrow, civil defence. (Eayrs) examines the 'Nostrum of Neu...
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THE LIFE OF LESTER PEARSON. VOLUME ONE: SHADOW OF HEAVEN, 1897-1948. VOLUME TWO: THE WORLDLY YEARS, 1949-1972. (VOLUMES I & II).

By: English, John.

Price: $40.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Lester & Orpen Dennys: 1989

Edition: First Editions

Seller ID: 28713

ISBN: 0886191653

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

414 pp, 473 pp, 9 1/4" H - 2 volume set. B&w photographs. 'Shadow of Heaven' - ISBN 0886191653 - published 1989. 'The Worldly Years' - ISBN 0394227298 - published 1992. "Lester Pearson - Canada's 14th prime minister, and foremost diplomat - was a man of deep and passionate convictions. His vision of Canada as a force for international peace, mediation, and good will helped redefine our view of ourselves. But how did this seemingly mild and easy-going man develop such a powerful and unswerving vision - and how did he win the political clout to put his beliefs into practice?" 'S...
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SHADOW OF HEAVEN: THE LIFE OF LESTER PEARSON. VOLUME ONE: 1897-1948.

By: English, John.

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Lester & Orpen Dennys: 1989

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 28889

ISBN: 0886191653

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

414 pp, 9 1/4" H. B&w photographs. "Lester Pearson - Canada's 14th prime minister, and foremost diplomat - was a man of deep and passionate convictions. His vision of Canada as a force for international peace, mediation, and good will helped redefine our view of ourselves. But how did this seemingly mild and easy-going man develop such a powerful and unswerving vision - and how did he win the political clout to put his beliefs into practice? In this formidable and fascinating first volume, John English casts new light on the private and publice life of this remarkable Canadian." ...
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DON'T FALL OFF THE ROCKING HORSE: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY.

By: Freiman, Lawrence.

Price: $35.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, McClelland & Stewart: 1978

Edition: First Edition

Inscription: Signed by Author

Seller ID: 30383

ISBN: 0771031815

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good -

199 pp, 9 1/4" H. Signed by author on title page (signature only). "Lawrence Freiman's reminiscences encompass the world of his grandfather - a Canadian adventurer who fought in the American Civil War - and focus on the span of his own life, including his childhood in Ottawa, his formative years, his involvement in education, the arts and social legislation, in Zionism, and in Freiman's, the family retailing business, which he expanded into a large and successful company. Here is a person who has made it as few have, and, in the course of making it, he has not only led a rich, varied...
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PRIME MINISTERS OF CANADA, 1867-1980.

By: Furtado, R. de L.

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: Markham, Ontario, Datinder S. Sodhi: 1980

Seller ID: 28660

ISBN: 0889290407

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

104 pp, 12 1/4" H. Full page sepiatone portraits of each prime minister with short biographical essays. Contents: Preface; John Alexander Macdonald; Alexander Mackenzie; John Joseph Coldwell Abbott; John Sparrow David Thompson; Mackenzie Bowell; Charles Tupper; Wilfrid Laurier; Robert Laird Borden; Arthur Meighen; William Lyon Mackenzie King; Richard Bedford Bennett; Louis Stephen St.-Laurent; John George Diefenbaker; Lester Bowles Pearson; Pierre Elliott Trudeau; C. Jospeh Clark; Pierre Elliott Trudeau. Book is very clean. Dust jacket has minor edge wrinkling, light edge wear - mainly...
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CITIZEN AND SOLDIER: THE MEMOIRS OF LT.-GEN. HOWARD GRAHAM.

By: Graham, Howard, Lt.-Gen. Epilogue by George E. Renison.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, McClelland & Stewart: 1987

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 23855

ISBN: 0771033907

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

304 pp, 8vo (9 1/4" H). B&w photographs. "The fascinating personal account of a man who packed apple barrels as a boy and led soldiers through the dust and heat of Sicily as a brigade commander. It is an insider's story of life on the farm, life on the battlefields of Europe and life with royalty." Dust jacket has slight fading to spine colour, very light rubbing, minor wrinkling at top of hinges - light wrinkling at bottom of front hinge.
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CANADA 1957-1967: THE YEARS OF UNCERTAINTY AND INNOVATION. THE CANADIAN CENTENARY SERIES NO. 19.

By: Granatstein, J.L.

Price: $25.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, McClelland & Stewart: 1986

Edition: First Edition

Inscription: Signed by Author

Seller ID: 28770

ISBN: 0771035152

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

375 pp, 9 1/4" H. B&w photographs, political cartoons. Signed by author on title page. "In the tenth decade of Canada's confederation, the expansive and unifying post-war boom gave way to rapid change and conflicting choices. These were the years of John Diefenbaker and Lester Pearson, years when Canada's culture, economy, and politics took new directions and the foundations of today's political and social realities were laid. Beginning with a survey of the country in 1957, poised to grasp Diefenbaker's grand 'Vision', the author vividly describes how the Progressive Conservative ...
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WHO KILLED THE CANADIAN MILITARY?

By: Granatstein, J.L.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Phyllis Bruce / HarperFlamingo: 2004

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 23066

ISBN: 0002006758

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

250 pp, 8vo (8 1/4" H). "With tragic helicopter crashes and out-of-date equipment, our military lurches towards irrelevance as our politicians dither. Our personnel are stretched far too thinly and are ill-prepared for the battlefield or increasingly dangerous peacekeeping. In truth, we rank 34th among nations in the provision of UN peacekeeping troops. And since 9/11 and the Iraq War, the United States is seriously re-evaluating our ability to defend our half of North America against terrorism. J.L. Granatstein argues that we are all too willing to hide behind anti-American senti...
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THE SHAPING OF PEACE: CANADA AND THE SEARCH FOR WORLD ORDER, 1943-1957. VOLUME 2.

By: Holmes, John W.

Price: $25.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, University of Toronto Press: 1982

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 28434

ISBN: 0802055419

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

443 pp, 9 1/4" H. "The establishment of the United Nations system at the conclusion of the Second World War was followed by a period of disillusion in the late 40s about the prospects of world order. With the outbreak of the Korean War in 1950 there came a regrouping of forces and revised calculations of what was possible. The first volume of 'The Shaping of Peace' described Canadian attitudes and policies towards international institutions as the Second World War ended. This volume is concerned with the developments in the decade after the war, with the changing Canadian concepts ...
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CONFEDERATION AT THE CROSSROADS: THE CANADIAN CONSTITUTION.

By: Hopkins, Russell.

Price: $27.50 USD

Publisher: Toronto, McClelland & Stewart: 1968

Edition: First Edition

Inscription: Inscribed By Author

Seller ID: 30002

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

423 pp, 9 1/4" H. Black covers with gilt lettering/decoration on spine. Inscribed on front free endpaper: "To the Hon W. Ross Macdonald: / In recollection of / many happy collaborations / and with best wishes / for the future! / Russell Hopkins / April, 1968." Contents: Author's Preface; A Challenge and a Dilemma; Bagehot's England: The Crown and the Lords; Bagehot's England: The Commons and the Cabinet; Constitutional Beginnings in Canada; Responsible Government; Discord and Deadlock: 1854-64; The Genesis of Confederation; The London Conference, 1866; The Nature and Structure o...
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THAT'S ME IN THE MIDDLE. THE ADVENTURES OF BARTHOLOMEW BANDY. VOLUME TWO. (VOL. 2)

By: Jack, Donald

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Doubleday Canada: 1973

Edition: Book Club (BCE/BOMC)

Seller ID: 27019

ISBN: 0385049013

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good -

300 pp, 8 3/8" H. "Here are the further misadventures of Bartholomew Bandy, World War I Ace extraordinaire introduced in 'Three Cheers for Me'. Bandy is once again lending his peculiar talents to the war effort. Fate has smiled (perhaps leered) on him and he is now a Lt. Colonel and liaison officer in London for the Secretary of State for Air. Most of Bandy's liaisons leave something to be desired. A penniless Bolshevik spy bullies him into buying a gaudy painting by an upstart named Matisse, a buxom widow makes forward advances at him under his fiancee's nose, and he's almost lyn...
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CANADIAN FORCES MEDICAL SERVICE: INTRODUCTION TO ITS HISTORY & HERITAGE. SERVICE DE SANTE DES FORCES CANADIENNES: INTRODUCTION A SON HISTOIRE & A SON PATRIMOINE.

By: Lanoue, Carole, editor. Colonel (Rtd) Peter Green; Colonel (Rtd) Frank Kellerman; Lt-Col. (Rtd) Christianne Charron; Chief Warrant Officer Michael McBride.

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: Ottawa, Director General Health Service, Canadian Forces Medical Group: 2003

Edition: Second Edition

Seller ID: 25060

ISBN: 0662663977

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

87 pp (English text), 89 pp (French text), 9" H. B&w and colour illustrations. Bilingual text sections. Contents: Foreword; Origins and Development of the Canadian Forces Medical Service; Medicine on the Battlefield; Vision, Mission, Values - Director General Health Service; Military Medical Ethics; Military Doctrine; The Geneva Conventions: The Laws of Armed Conflict; Military Life: Standards of Conduct; Medical Heritage; Military Traditions; Dress and Deportment; Symbols of Service; Home Station; Doctor and Poet; On the Battlefields of Spain and China; The Father of Aviation Medicine; T...
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THE CANADIAN LIBERAL. A SURVEY OF NATIONAL AFFAIRS. VOLUME 7 - Nos. 3 & 4. WINTER 1954-1955. SPECIAL DOUBLE ISSUE. FEATURING PROVINCIAL CONVENTIONS.

By: MacTavish, D.K., Q.C., et al., eds. (Alcide Cote, Lord Campion, Walter E. Harris, J.G. Gardiner, John J. Connolly, Francis Boyd, Charles R. McElman, J.W. Pickersgill, Paul Martin, Lester B. Pearson, Robert H. Winters, Helen Grodeland.)

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: National Liberal Federation of Canada, Ottawa, 1955.:

Seller ID: 19610

Paging runs 189 - 293, 8 1/4" H, soft cover (stapled in wraps). B&w photographs. Through a printing error, pages 237-244 have been inserted twice. Contents: Confederation: A Monument of Co-Operation; Canada's Parliament of Business; Saskatchewan's New Liberal Leader; Saskatchwan's Liberal Convention; He Didn't Say No!; The Grand Old Liberal - Gladstone Before Home Rule; The Canadian Tax Law - Some First Impressions; National Agricultural Questions; The Canadian Senate - Custodian of Our Basic Freedoms; British Politics in the New Year; New Brunswick Liberal Leader; New Brunswick Libera...
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THE HISTORY OF CANADA.

By: McNaught, Kenneth.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: New York, Praeger: 1970

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 28814

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

336 pp, 8 3/4" H. B&w maps. "The history of Canada is the story of an ever expanding frontier and of the attempt to create a new nation in the face of enormous physical and human obstacles. (The author) follows this development from the very first probings of the tiny bands of explorers, missionaries, and 'coureurs de bois' that opened up 'New France'. He examines the great military struggles for control of the continent in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, which played such a vital part in laying down the present political and racial divisions. (Later) Canadians faced the en...
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BRITAIN AND THE OLD DOMINIONS.

By: Miller, J.D.B.

Price: $25.00 USD

Publisher: London, Chatto & Windus: 1966

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 24616

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good-

286 pp, 8vo (8 1/2" H) - black boards with silver lettering on spine. Contents: Preface; Introduction; The Common Background; Canada; Australia and New Zealand; South Africa; Britain and the Four 1918-1945; Commonwealth Structure and Ideas 1945-1965; Defence and Foreign Affairs 1945-1965; Economic and Social Connections 1945-1965; The Climate of Change; The Future; Index. Very light bumping at corners, minor wrinkling at top/bottom of spine, minor rubbing.
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HARTLAND DE MONTARVILLE MOLSON: MAN OF HONOUR.

By: Molson, Karen.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Richmond Hill, Ontario, Firefly Books: 2006

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 27498

ISBN: 155407150X

Binding: Soft Cover with Self Flaps

Condition: Near Fine

328 pp, 9 3/4" H. B&w photographs. "As an entrepreneur, at the age of 26 (Hartland de Montarville Molson) was the president of Dominion Skyways, a pioneering airline. Soon after war was declared he joined the Royal Canadian Air Force and received the Order of the British Empire for flying more than 60 combat missions during the Battle of Britain. After the war (he) returned to the family brewing business. He was Vice-President in 1950, Chairman in 1966 and Director in 1983, contributing greatly to the continued growth of the company. Called to the Senate in 1955 at age 48, he sat...
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G. HOWARD FERGUSON: ONTARIO TORY.

By: Oliver, Peter.

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, University of Toronto Press: 1977

Edition: First Edition

Inscription: Inscribed By Author

Seller ID: 28668

ISBN: 0802033466

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

501 pp, 9 1/4" H. B&w photographs. Inscribed on title page: "For John Watson, / with my very best wishes, / Peter Oliver". "As premier of Ontario from 1923 to 1930, G. Howard Ferguson was the most successful, the most colourful, and perhaps the ablest of Canadian politicians of his time. Largely as a result of his leadership, the Ontario Tories emerged from the debacle of their 1919 defeat to eliminate virtually all political opposition - and launch the Conservative dynasty in Ontario. Peter Oliver's study of Ferguson's life and times provides both a revealing picture of a...
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