Warrior Chiefs: Perspectives on Senior Canadian Military Leaders Contributor(s): Horn, Bernd (Editor), Harris, Stephen (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1550023519 ISBN-13: 9781550023510 Publisher: Dundurn Press OUR PRICE: $23.39 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 2000 Annotation: Warrior Chiefs is the first of a two-part series that examines the unique Canadian experience and outlook in regard to Generalship and the Art of the Admiral. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | Canada - General - History | Military - Canada |
Dewey: 355.3 |
LCCN: 2001339171 |
Physical Information: 0.93" H x 6" W x 9.1" (1.38 lbs) 320 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Canadian |
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Publisher Description: They were the men who led our nation in war and peace. In world wars, they were the steady hands guiding our forces to victory; in peacekeeping, they helped to establish and preserve order. Over the years they have helped the Canadian Forces to become one of the proudest militaries in the world. Warrior Chiefs: Perspectives on Senior Canadian Military Leaders is the first book of a two-part series that examines the unique Canadian experience and outlook in regard to Generalship and the Art of the Admiral. This first volume is a compendium of biographies of the nation's most notable military leaders from Confederation to the post-Cold War era. Personalities include: Sir William Otter, Sir Sam Hughes, E.L.M. Burns, G.G. Simonds, Charles Foulkes, Andy McNaughton, J.V. Allard, and J. Dextraze, to name only a few. |
Contributor Bio(s): Horn, Bernd: - Colonel Bernd Horn is a retired Regular Force infantry officer and military educator. Dr. Horn has authored, co-authored, and edited more than forty books, including A Most Ungentlemanly Way of War: The SOE and the Canadian Connection and No Ordinary Men: Special Operations Forces Missions in Afghanistan. He lives in Kingston, Ontario. Harris, Stephen: -Stephen Harris, Ph.D., is a military historian with the Department of National Defence Directorate of History and Heritage. |