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Granatstein J.L. The Generals. The Canadian Army’s Senior Commanders in the Second World War
Calgary: University of Calgary Press, 2005 - 370 р.

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First published in 1993, The Generals: The Canadian Army's Senior Commanders In The Second World War is the award-winning, classic collective biography of the Canadian army's leaders during the second World War, and the only book of its kind to date. Written by Canadian military history expert J. L. Granatstein, The Generals scrutinizes the nature of the Canadian army over fifty years ago and tells the life stories of McNaughton, Crerar, Tommy Bus, Simonds, Matthews and Hoffmeister, and Pope and Stuart. A penultimate section discusses the absence of francophone generals. An extensively researched and scholarly history, now in a new edition with an introduction by University of Calgary Director of the Center for Military and Strategic Studies Dr. David J. Bercuson, The Generals is a keenly written, pinpoint accurate scrutiny of the personality traits of powerful men, and their contributions to Canadian and world military history.
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