Lest We Forget - Sheep River Library Books
Non-fiction books and ebooks about Canada at War and Peace for adults and young adults
The brooding soldier and its creator : Frederick Chapman Clemesha
Raby-Dunne, Susan, 1954- author
2016
Cold War Correspondent: A Korean War Tale
Hale, Nathan
2021
Discover the Korean War through the eyes of the journalist who covered it in this installment of the New York Times bestselling graphic novel series In 1950, Marguerite Higgins (1920–1966) was made bureau chief of the Far East Asia desk for the New York Herald Tribune . Tensions were high on the Korean peninsula, where a border drawn after WWII split the country into North and South. When the North Korean army crossed the border with Soviet tanks it was war. Marguerite was there when the Communists captured Seoul. She fled with the refugees heading south, but when the bridges were blown over the Han River, she was trapped in enemy territory. Her eye-witness account of the invasion was a newspaper smash hit. She risked her life in one dangerous situation after another––all for the sake of good story. Then she was told that women didn't belong on the frontlines. The United States Army officially ordered her out of Korea. She appealed to General Douglas MacArthur, and he personally lifted the ban on female war correspondents, which allowed her the chance to report on many of the major events of the Korean War. Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales are graphic novels that tell the thrilling, shocking, gruesome, and TRUE stories of American history. Read them all—if you dare!
Fortune favours the brave : tales of courage and tenacity in Canadian military history
2009
A collection of essays that showcases the fighting spirit and courage of Canada's military. Daring actions featured in the book include the intrepid assault on the Fortress of Louisbourg and the cat-and-mouse struggle between Canadian partisans and Rogers's Rangers in the Seven Years' War in the 1750s; the seesaw battle for the Niagara frontier in the War of 1812; an innovative trench raid in the First World War; the valiant parachute assault to penetrate the Third Reich in the Second World War; the infamous battle at Kap'yong in the Korean War; covert submarine operations during the Cold War; the Medak Pocket clash in Croatia in the early 1990s; and Operation Medusa in Afghanistan.
Friendly fire the untold story of the U.S. bombing that killed four Canadian soldiers in Afghanistan
Friscolanti, Michael, 1976-
2006
Girls need not apply : field notes from the Forces
Thompson, Kelly S., author
2019
In this compulsively readable memoir, Kelly Thompson writes with wit and honesty about her own development as a woman and a soldier, unsparingly highlighting truths about her time in the military. In sharply crafted prose, she chronicles the frequent sexism and misogyny she encounters both in training and later in the workplace, and explores her own feelings of pride and loyalty to the Forces, and a family legacy of PTSD, all while searching for an artistic identity in a career that demands conformity. When she sustains a career-altering injury, Thompson fearlessly re-examines her identity as a soldier. Residence: Toronto, ON.
Hell burned through : Dave Mould, the art and story of a Lancaster rear gunner
Raby-Dunne, Susan, 1954- author
2017
Morrison : the long-lost memoir of Canada's Artillery Commander in the Great War
Morrison, E. W. B. (Edward Whipple Bancroft), 1867-1925, author
2017
Normandy '44 : D-Day and the epic 77-day battle for France, a new history
Holland, James, 1970- author
2019
Acclaimed WWII historian James Holland has crafted a fresh chronicle that reframes our understanding of D-Day and the Normandy campaign. Drawing on archives and testimonies of eye-witnesses - from foot soldiers, tank men, commanders, fighter pilots, as well as civilians caught in the maelstrom - Holland recreates the brutal campaign that, in terms of daily casualties, was worse than any in World War I.
The peace : a warrior's journey
Dallaire, Roméo, author
2024
Humanitarian icon General Roméo Dallaire shows us the face of war through the prism of his own life in the military. Dallaire has become a warrior working towards a better future in which those old paradigms are cracked. He names all the things that undermine true peace and security because they reinforce the dangerous, self-interested belief that "balance" of power is the best we can do. Drawing on his own experience and witness, Dallaire shows us a path to what he calls "the peace," a state where, above all else, humanity values the ties that bind us and the planet together - and acts accordingly.
Too young to die : Canada's boy soldiers, sailors and airmen in the Second World War
Boileau, John, author
2016
