This is a bibliography of works on the military history of Canada mainly compiled in 2011 from the Canadiana : the national bibliography with arbitrary additions since then.
Overviews
Official accounts â National Defence and the Canadian Forces
To 1914
- Baugh, D.A. The Global Seven Years War 1754âÂÂ1763: Britain and France in a Great Power Contest (2011)
- Berton, Pierre. The Invasion of Canada, 1812âÂÂ1813. McClelland and Stewart Ltd., 1980.
- Berton, Pierre. Flames Across the Border, 1813âÂÂ1814. McClelland and Stewart Ltd., 1981.
- Boulton, Charles A. (1886) Reminiscences of the North-West Rebellions. Toronto.
- Brumwell, Stephen.
- Choquette, Leslie. Frenchmen into peasants : modernity and tradition in the peopling of French Canada. Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, 1997. ISBN
- Cave, Alfred A. (2004), The French and Indian war, Greenwood Press
- Hunt, George T. (1972), The wars of the Iroquois, University of Wisconsin Press
- Pederson, Charles E. (2010), The French & Indian War, ABDO
- Senior, H. (1996). The last invasion of Canada: The Fenian raids, 1866âÂÂ1870. Dundurn Press.
- Sheppard, Ruth (2006), Empires Collide: The French and Indian War 1754-63, Osprey
- Reid, John G. (2004). The "conquest" of Acadia, 1710: imperial, colonial, and aboriginal constructions, University of Toronto Press
- Ross, David (1992), Canadian Campaigns, 1860âÂÂ1870, pub Osprey,
- Wrong, George M. (1968). Canada and the American Revolution: The Disruption of the First British Empire, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.
- Wrong, George M. and Langton, H.H. (1914) The Chronicles of Canada: Volume II â The Rise of New France Fireship Press (2009),
1914 to 1945
First World War
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- Armstrong, John Griffith (2002) The Halifax Explosion and the Royal Canadian Navy: Inquiry and Intrigue, UBC Press.
- Bechthold, Michael (2007), Vimy Ridge : a Canadian reassessment, Wilfrid Laurier University Press
- Berton P. Vimy. McClelland and Stewart Ltd. 1986.
- Cook, Tim. Warlords: Borden, Mackenzie King and Canada's World Wars (2012) 472pp excerpt and text search
- Busch, Briton Cooper (2003), Canada and the Great War: Western Front Association papers, McGill-Queen's University Press
- Cassar, George H (2010), Hell in Flanders Fields: Canadians at the Second Battle of Ypres, Dundurn Press
- Cook, Tim (2007) At the Sharp End: Canadians Fighting the Great War, 1914âÂÂ1916, Viking Canada
- Cook, Tim (2008) Shock Troops: Canadians Fighting the Great War, 1917âÂÂ1918, Viking Canada
- Cook, Tim (2010) The Madman and the Butcher: The Sensational Wars of Sam Hughes and General Arthur Currie, Penguin Canada
- Granatstein, J. L. (2004), Hell's Corner: An Illustrated History of Canada's Great War, 1914âÂÂ1918, Douglas & McIntyre
- Kordan, Bohdan S. (2002), Enemy Aliens, Prisoners of War: Internment in Canada during the Great War, McGill-Queen's University Press
- MacKenzie, David, ed. Canada and the First World War (2005) 16 essays by leading scholars
- Morton, D. and J. L. Granatstein. Marching to Armaggeddon â Canadians and the Great War 1914âÂÂ1919. Lester & Dennys Ltd. 1989.
- Morton, D. (1993). When Your Number's Up â WWI, Random House of Canada
- Perkins, Dave, "Canada's Submariners 1914âÂÂ1923", Boston Mills Press, Erin, 1989,
- Thompson, Julian, "The 1916 Experience: Verdun and the Somme", Seven Oaks, London, 2006,
- Turner, Alexander (2005), Vimy Ridge 1917: Byng's Canadians Triumph at Arras Osprey Publ
Official accounts â National Defence and the Canadian Forces
- Brereton Greenhous; Stephen J. Harris (1992) Canada And The Battle Of Vimy Ridge, 9-12 April 1917 Minister Supply and Service (Downloadable PDF)
- Duguid, A.F, (1938) Official History of the Canadian Forces in the Great War, 1914âÂÂ1919, Vol I Part I King's Printer, Ottawa, (Downloadable PDF)
- Duguid, A.F, (1938) Official History of the Canadian Forces in the Great War, 1914âÂÂ1919, Vol I Part 2 King's Printer, Ottawa, (Downloadable PDF)
- Nicholson, G.W.L. (1964) Official History of the Canadian Army in the First World War: Canadian Expeditionary Force, 1914âÂÂ1919 , Duhamel, Queen's Printer and Controller of Stationery, Ottawa (Downloadable PDF)
- Macphail, Sir Andrew (1925) Official History of the Canadian Forces in the Great War: The Medical Services , F.A. Acland, King's Printer, Ottawa (Downloadable PDF)
- Ministry of Overseas Military Forces (1919) Report of the Ministry Overseas Military Forces of Canada â 1918 , London : H.M. Stationery Office (Downloadable PDF)
- Snell, A.E. (1924) The C.A.M.C. with the Canadian Corps during the Last Hundred Days of the Great War , F.A. Acland, King's Printer, Ottawa (Downloadable PDF)
Spanish Civil War
Second World War
- Avery, Donald (1998), The science of war : Canadian scientists and allied military technology during the Second World War, University of Toronto Press.
- Barris, Ted. Behind The Glory: The Plan that Won the Allied Air War. Markham, Ontario: Thomas Allen & Son Publishers, 2005.
- Bashow, David L. All the Fine Young Eagles. Toronto: Stoddard, 1996,
- on Canadian operations
- Bryden, John. Deadly Allies: Canada's Secret War 1937âÂÂ1947 (McClelland & Stewart, Toronto, 1989.)
- Burrow, Len & Beaudoin, Emile, Unlucky Lady: The Life and Death of HMCS Athabaskan (Toronto: M&S, 1987),
- Cook, Tim. Warlords: Borden, Mackenzie King and Canada's World Wars (2012) 472pp excerpt and text search
- Copp, J. T (2006), Cinderella army: the Canadians in northwest Europe, 1944âÂÂ1945, University of Toronto Press
- Coughlin, Tom. The Dangerous Sky: Canadian Airmen in World War II. The Ryerson Press, 1968.
- Dickson, Paul Douglas. A Thoroughly Canadian General: A Biography of General H.D.G. Crerar (2007) excerpt and text search
- Dunmore, Spencer, In Great Waters: "The Epic Story of the Battle of the Atlantic 1939âÂÂ1945 (Toronto: M&S, 1999)
- English, John Alan (1991). The Canadian Army and the Normandy campaign: a study of failure in high command, Praeger,
- Fowler, Robert (1995) Valour in the victory campaign : the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division gallantry decorations, General Store Pub. House
- Fraser, Doug, Postwar Casualty: Canada's Merchant Navy (Pottersfield Press, Lawrencetown Beach, 1997),
- Granatstein, J. L. and D. Morton. A Nation Forged in Fire. Lester & Orpen Dennys Ltd. 1989.
- historiography
- Granatstein; J. L. The Generals: The Canadian Army's Senior Commanders in the Second World War (Don Mills, Ont.: Stoddart, 1993) ,
- Granatstein, J. L. (2005), The last good war : an illustrated history of Canada in the Second World War, 1939âÂÂ1945, Douglas & McIntyre
- Granatstein, J. L. Canada's War: The Politics of the Mackenzie King Government. Oxford UP, (1975).
- Greenhous, Harris, Johnston, & Rawling, "The Crucible of War 1939âÂÂ1945: The Official History of the Royal Canadian Air Force Volume 3", University of Toronto Press, Toronto, 1994,
- Michael L. Hadley (1990), U-Boats Against Canada: German Submarines in Canadian Waters, Mcgill Canada
- Harbron, John D., "The Longest Battle: The RCN in the Atlantic 1939âÂÂ1945", Vanwell, St. Catherines, 1995
- Harvey, J. Douglas, "Boys, Bombs, and Brussels Sprouts", M&S, Halifax, 1982, (RCAF No. 6 Group, Bomber Command)
- Hayes, Geoffrey et al. eds. Canada and the Second World War: Essays in Honour of Terry Copp (2012) specialized essays by scholars excerpt
- Keshen, Jeffrey A. Saints, Sinners, and Soldiers: Canada's Second World War (2004)
- Iarocci, Andrew (2008), Shoestring soldiers: the 1st Canadian Division at war, 1914âÂÂ1915, University of Toronto Press
- Kelsey, Marion (1997), Victory harvest: diary of a Canadian in the Women's Land Army, 1940âÂÂ1944, McGill-Queen's University Press
- Knowles Middleton, W.E., Radar Development in Canada: The Radio Branch of the National Research Council of Canada, 1939âÂÂ1946, Wilfrid Laurier University Press, Waterloo, Ontario, 1981.
- Lamb, James B., A Bloody War M&S, Toronto, 1990,
- Lamb, James B. The Corvette War Signet Books, Scarborough, 1979,
- Lamb, James B. On the Triangle Run (Totem, Toronto, 1987)
- Lynch, Thomas G. Canada's Flowers: History of the Corvettes of Canada Nimbus, Halifax, 1983,
- Macpherson, Burgess. The Ships of Canada's Naval Forces 1910âÂÂ1985 (Collins, Toronto, 1981)
- Macpherson, Ken, The River Class Destroyers of the Royal Canadian Navy Charles J. Mussen Publishers, Toronto, 1985,
- McIntosh, Dave, "Terror in the Starboard Seat", PaperJacks, Markham, 1981, (RCAF 418 Squadron Intruder ops)
- Morton, Desmond and Granatstein, J. L. Victory 1945, Phyllis Bruce books, Toronto, 1995,
- Nadler, John (2006), A perfect hell : the forgotten story of the Canadian commandos of the Second World War, Anchor Canada,
- Peden, Murray (2003), Thousand shall fall : the true story of a Canadian bomber pilot in world war two, Dundurn Press
- Pierson, Ruth Roach. Canadian Women and the Second World War. Ottawa: Canadian Historical Association, 1983. No ISBN
- Rickard, John. Politics of Command: Lieutenant-General A.G.L. McNaughton and the Canadian Army, 1939âÂÂ1943 (2009)
- Robertson, Ian (2007), While bullets fly : the story of a Canadian field surgical unit in the Second World War, Trafford
- Rogge, Robert E. (2005), Fearsome battle: with the Canadian Army in World War II Europe, Camroc Press
- Saunders, Tim (2004), Juno Beach: 3rd Canadian & 79th armoured divisions, McGill-Queen's University Press
- Stacey, C. P. Arms, Men and Governments: The War Policies of Canada 1939âÂÂ1945 (1970), the standard scholarly history of WWII policies; online free
- Toman, Cynthia (2007), An officer and a lady: Canadian military nursing and the Second World War, University of British Columbia Press
- The Canadians at War 1939/45 Volume 1, Reader's Digest, Canada, 4th printing, 1976, SBN 0-88850-161-7
- The Canadians at War 1939/45 Volume 2, Reader's Digest, Canada, 4th printing, 1976, SBN 0-88850-161-7
- Whitton, Charlotte. Canadian Women in the War Effort. Toronto: The Macmillan company of Canada limited, 1942. No ISBN
- Ziegler, Mary. We Serve That Men May Fly â The Story of the Women's Division of the Royal Canadian Air Force. Hamilton: RCAF (WD) Association, 1973. No ISBN.
- Zuehlke, Mark (1999) Ortona: Canada's Epic World War II Battle, Douglas & McIntyre
- Zuehlke, Mark (2001) The Liri Valley: Canada's World War II Breakthrough to Rome, Douglas & McIntyre
- Zuehlke, Mark (2003) The Gothic Line: Canada's Month of Hell in WWII Italy, Douglas & McIntyre
- Zuehlke, Mark (2004) Juno Beach: Canada's D-Day Victory â June 6, 1944, Douglas & McIntyre
- Zuehlke, Mark (2005) Holding Juno: Canada's Heroic Defence of the D-Day Beaches â June 7âÂÂ12, 1944, Douglas & McIntyre
- Zuehlke, Mark (2007) Terrible Victory : First Canadian Army and the Scheldt Estuary Campaign, September 13-November 6, 1944, Douglas & McIntyre
- Zuehlke, Mark (2008) Operation Husky: The Canadian Invasion of Sicily, July 10âÂÂAugust 7, 1943, Douglas & McIntyre
- Zuehlke, Mark (2010) On to Victory: The Canadian Liberation of the Netherlands, March 23âÂÂMay 5, 1945, Douglas & McIntyre
- Zuehlke, Mark (2011) Breakout from Juno: First Canadian Army and the Normandy Campaign â July 4âÂÂAugust 21, 1944, Douglas & McIntyre
Official accounts â National Defence and the Canadian Forces
- Stacey, C P. (1948) The Canadian Army, 1939âÂÂ1945 : An Official Historical Summary King's Printer, Ottawa (Downloadable PDF)
- Stacey, C P. (1970) Arms, Men and Governments: The War Policies of Canada, 1939âÂÂ1945 Queen's Printer, Ottawa (Downloadable PDF)
- Stacey, C P. (1955) Official History of the Canadian Army in the Second World War, Vol I Six Years of War , Queen's Printer, Ottawa (Downloadable PDF)
- Nicholson, G. W. L. (1956) Official history of the Canadian Army in the Second World War, Vol II The Canadians in Italy , Queen's Printer, Ottawa (Downloadable PDF)
- Stacey, C P. (1960) Official History of the Canadian Army in the Second World War, Vol III The Victory Campaign: The Operations in Northwest Europe, 1944-45 , Queen's Printer, Ottawa (Downloadable PDF)
- Feasby, W.R. (1956) Official History of the Canadian Medical Services, 1939âÂÂ1945, Vol 1 Organization and Campaigns Queen's Printer, Ottawa (Downloadable PDF)
- McAndrew, Bill; Bill Rawling, Michael Whitby (1995) Liberation: The Canadians in Europe Art Global (Downloadable PDF)
1945 to present
- Kasurak, Peter. A National Force: The Evolution of Canada's Army, 1950âÂÂ2000 (Vancouver: UBC Press, 2013)
Cold war
- Bashow, David L., "Starfighter: A Loving Retrospective of the CF-104 Era in Canadian Fighter Aviation 1961âÂÂ1986", Fortress Publications, Toronto, 1990
- Lynch, Thomas G., "The Flying 400: Canada's Hydrofoil Project", Nimbus, Halifax, 1983,
- Mills, Carl, "Banshees in the Royal Canadian Navy", Banshee Publication, Willowdale, 1991
- Soward, Stuart E., "Hands to Flying Stations Volume 1: A Recollective History of Canadian Naval Aviation 1945âÂÂ1954", Neptune, Victoria, 1993,
Korean War
- Bercuson, David J. (1999) Blood on the Hills: The Canadian Army in the Korean War University of Toronto Press,
- Melady, John, "Korea: Canada's Forgotten War", MacMillan, Toronto, 1983,
- Meyers, Edward C., "Thunder in the Morning Calm", Vanwell Publishing, St. Catherines, 1992,
Official accounts â National Defence and the Canadian Forces
Rwanda
Congo
Yugoslav
Croatia
Somalia
Afghanistan
Nuclear weapons
Leaders
- Cook, Tim. Warlords: Borden, Mackenzie King and Canada's World Wars (2012) 472pp online, on the prime ministers in the world wars
Special forces
Aviation
- The Arrowheads, "Arrow: The Story of the Avro Arrow from its Evolution to its Extinction", Boston Mills Press, Erin, 1980,
- Barris, Ted. Behind The Glory: The Plan that Won the Allied Air War. Markham, Ontario: Thomas Allen & Son Publishers, 2005.
- Bashow, David L., "All the Fine Young Eagles", Stoddard, Toronto, 1996,
- Bashow, David L., "Starfighter: A Loving Retrospective of the CF-104 Era in Canadian Fighter Aviation 1961âÂÂ1986", Fortress Publications, Toronto, 1990
- Coughlin, Tom. The Dangerous Sky: Canadian Airmen in World War II. The Ryerson Press, 1968.
- Deere, Captain David N. ed., "Desert Cats: The Canadian Fighter Squadron in the Gulf War", Fortress Publications, Stoney Creek, 1991,
- Dempsey, Daniel V. A Tradition of Excellence: Canada's Airshow Team Heritage. Victoria, BC: High Flight Enterprises, 2002. .
- Foster, J. A., "Sea Wings: A Pictorial History of Canada's Waterborne Defence Aircraft", Meuthen, Toronto, 1986,
- Greenhous, Brereton; Halliday, Hugh A. Canada's Air Forces, 1914âÂÂ1999. Montreal: Editions Art Global and the Department of National Defence, 1999. .
- Greenhous, Harris, Johnston, & Rawling, "The Crucible of War 1939âÂÂ1945: The Official History of the Royal Canadian Air Force Volume 3", University of Toronto Press, Toronto, 1994,
- Hatch, F.J. Aerodrome of Democracy: Canada and the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan 1939âÂÂ1945. Ottawa: Canadian Department of National Defence, 1983.
- Milberry, Larry, ed. Sixty YearsâÂÂThe RCAF and CF Air Command 1924âÂÂ1984. Toronto: Canav Books, 1984.
- Milberry, Larry. Aviation in Canada: Evolution of an Air Force. Toronto: Canav Books, 2010. .
- Mills, Carl, "Banshees in the Royal Canadian Navy", Banshee Publication, Willowdale, 1991
- Roberts, Leslie. There Shall Be Wings. Toronto: Clark, Irwin and Co. Ltd., 1959. No ISBN.
- Shores, Christopher, "History of the Royal Canadian Air Force", Royce Publishing, Toronto, 1984,
- Soward, Stuart E., "Hands to Flying Stations Volume 1: A Recollective History of Canadian Naval Aviation 1945âÂÂ1954", Neptune, Victoria, 1993,
Naval
- Arbuckle, J. Graeme, "Badges of the Canadian Navy", Nimbus, Halifax, 1987,
- Burrow, Len & Beaudoin, Emile, "Unlucky Lady: The Life and Death of HMCS Athabaskan", M&S, Toronto, 1987,
- "Canada's Navy Annual", Corvus Publishing, Calgary, 1986
- Dunmore, Spencer, "In Great Waters: "The Epic Story of the Battle of the Atlantic 1939âÂÂ1945", M&S, Toronto, 1999,
- Foster, J. A., "Sea Wings: A Pictorial History of Canada's Waterborne Defence Aircraft", Meuthen, Toronto, 1986,
- Fraser, Doug, "Postwar Casualty: Canada's Merchant Navy", Pottersfield Press, Lawrencetown Beach, 1997,
- Hadley, Michael L., U-Boats Against Canada: German Submarines in Canadian Waters, Mcgill Canada, 1990
- Harbron, John D., "The Longest Battle: The RCN in the Atlantic 1939âÂÂ1945", Vanwell, St. Catherines, 1995
- Johnston, Mac (2008). Corvettes Canada: Convoy Veterans of WWII Tell Their True Stories. Wiley. .
- Lamb, James B., "A Bloody War", M&S, Toronto, 1990,
- Lamb, James B., "The Corvette War", Signet Books, Scarborough, 1979,
- Lamb, James B., "On the Triangle Run", Totem, Toronto, 1987,
- Lynch, Thomas G. "Canada's Flowers: History of the Corvettes of Canada", Nimbus, Halifax, 1983,
- Lynch, Thomas G., "The Flying 400: Canada's Hydrofoil Project", Nimbus, Halifax, 1983,
- Macpherson, Ken, "The River Class Destroyers of the Royal Canadian Navy", Charles J. Mussen Publishers, Toronto, 1985,
- Macpherson, Ken & Burgess, John, "The Ships of Canada's Naval Forces 1910âÂÂ1993", Vanwell, St. Catherines, 1994,
- Mills, Carl, "Banshees in the Royal Canadian Navy", Banshee Publication, Willowdale, 1991
- Perkins, Dave, "Canada's Submariners 1914âÂÂ1923", Boston Mills Press, Erin, 1989,
- Schull, Joseph. Ships of the Great Days: Canada's Navy in World War II, in series, Great Stories of Canada. Macmillan, Toronto, 1962. 156 p., ill.
- Snowie, J. Allen, "The Bonnie: HMCS Bonaventure", Boston Mills Press, Erin, 1987,
- Soward, Stuart E., "Hands to Flying Stations Volume 1: A Recollective History of Canadian Naval Aviation 1945âÂÂ1954", Neptune, Victoria, 1993,
Academies and museums
Law
Orders, decorations, and medals
See also
External links