A Nation at War, 1939–1945: Essays from Legion Magazine
- ISBN-10
- 096887505X
- ISBN-13
- 9780968875056
- Category
- History / Military / General
- Pages
- 270
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2004-08
- Publisher
- Laurier Centre for Military, Strategic and Disarmament Studies
- Authors
- Terry Copp, Laurier Centre for Military, Strategic and Disarmament Studies
Description
A Nation at War brings together a collection of sixty-two essays covering all aspects of the Canadian experience in the Second World War. It is a readable and authoritative introduction to both the historical narrative and the interpretive debates by the best selling author of Fields of Fire and Cinderella Army.
Published by the Laurier Centre for Military, Strategic and Disarmament Studies and distributed by Wilfrid Laurier University Press.
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