Warrior Chiefs: Perspectives on Senior Canadian Military Leaders - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1550023519 ISBN 13: 9781550023510

Publisher: Dundurn Press, 2000

Synopsis

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.

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

The first book in a two-part series that examines the unique Canadian experience and outlook in regard to generalship and the art of the admiral.

About the Author:

Lieutenant-Colonel Bernd Horn, Ph.D., is a serving officer in the Canadian Forces and faculty member at the Royal Military College in Kingston, Ontario.

Stephen Harris, Ph.D., is a military historian with the Department of National Defence Directorate of History and Heritage.

About this edition

• Publisher: Dundurn Press
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 1550023519
• ISBN 13: 9781550023510
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 320
• Editor: Horn Colonel Bernd, Harris Stephen