Who Killed the Canadian Military?: What Canada Must Do to Defend Itself in the 21st Century, 2nd Edition |
| Who Killed the Canadian Military? questions the effectiveness of a military that is weakly waving the white flag both at home and on the international peacekeeping front. From failed submarine deals to tragic helicopter crashes, military equipment is sadly out of date and out of shape, Granatstein asserts. Military personnel are stretched far too thinly and are ill-prepared for the battlefield —or peacekeeping. Historian J.L. Granatstein wonders if Canadians are aware that we rank 34th among nations in the provision of troops for UN peacekeeping, and that our vaunted reputation for diplomacy is pretty much in tatters. | |
And now, it’s not just Canadians who are questioning our diminished military. Since 9/11 and the US–Iraq war, America is seriously evaluating our ability to defend our own border against a terrorist attack. Who are these killers of the Canadian army, navy, and air force? Granatstein fingers a government who believes that peacekeeping solves everything, and the organizational restructurers who thought that putting everyone in green might make a new breed of soldier. He notes, too, the anti-American sentiment that says we’d rather fight the Yanks than our (potential) enemies. Granatstein provides a powerful and articulate argument for the re-establishment of a well-funded and well-trained military—and a realistic strategy for how we can achieve it, given the threatening new climate of the 21st century. Who Killed the Canadian Military? will provoke impassioned debate and controversy in the media, and among ordinary Canadians. This is an interesting companion to Whose War is it?: How Canada Can Survive in the Post-9/11 World. "No one but Granatstein could have provided such a succinct analysis in a more readable format." - Major General (ret'd) Lewis MacKenzie, National PostWritten by J.L. Granatstein. Published by Harper Flamingo, 2004. |
| Catalogue No. | 0-00-639475-2 |
| Price | $16.95 |
| Format | Softcover |
| Pages | 252 |
| Language | English only |
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