Bibliography of Canadian military history explained

This is a bibliography of works on the military history of Canada.

Overviews

• Book: Black, Jeremy . Fighting for America: The Struggle for Mastery in North America, 1519–1871 . 2011 . Indiana University Press . 978-0-253-35660-4.
• Book: Conrad, John . Scarce Heard Amid the Guns: An Inside Look at Canadian Peacekeeping . 2011. Dundurn Press . 978-1-4597-0096-3.
• Douglas . W.A.B. . Marching to Different Drums: Canadian Military History . . April 1992 . 56. 2 . 245–260 . 1985798 . 10.2307/1985798 . 164128728. historiography
• Book: Fowler, T. Robert . 'Courage Rewarded'; The Valour of Canadian Soldiers Under Fire 1900–2011 . 2013 . CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform . 978-1-4904-7235-5.
• Book: Granatstein, J.L. . J. L. Granatstein . 2004 . Canada's Army: Waging War and Keeping the Peace . University of Toronto Press . 0-8020-8696-9.
• Book: Granatstein . J.L. . Dean F. . Oliver . The Oxford companion to Canadian military history . 2011 . Oxford University Press . 978-0-19-543088-2 .
• Book: Horn, Bernd . Show No Fear: Daring Actions in Canadian Military History . 2008 . Dundurn Press . 978-1-55002-816-4.
• Book: Horn, Bernd . The Canadian Way of War: Serving the National Interest . 2006 . Dundurn Press . 978-1-55002-612-2.
• Book: Horn . Bernd . Stephen . Harris . Warrior Chiefs: Perspectives on Senior Canadian Military Leaders . 2000 . Dundurn Press . 1-55002-351-9.
• Book: Horn, Bernd . Fortune Favours the Brave: Tales of Courage and Tenacity in Canadian Military History . 2009 . Dundurn Press . 978-1-55002-841-6.
• Book: Lackenbauer, P. Whitney . Battle Grounds: the Canadian Military and Aboriginal Lands . 2007 . UBC Press . 978-0-7748-1315-0.
• Book: Lotz, Jim . Canadians at War . Bison Books . London . 1990 . 0-86124-641-1 . D2-250/2-2009E .
• Book: McKay . Ian . Swift . Jamie . Warrior Nation: Rebranding Canada in an Age of Anxiety . registration . 2012. Between the Lines Books . 978-1-926662-77-0.
• Book: Milner . Marc . Canadian Military History – Selected Readings . Toronto . Copp Clark Pittman . 1993 . 0-7730-5257-7 .
• Book: Morton, Desmond . A Military History of Canada . McClelland and Stewart . Toronto . 1999 . 4th. 0-7710-6514-0.
• Book: Travers . Timothy . Christon . Archer . Men at War: Politics, Technology and Innovation in the Twentieth Century . 2010 . Transaction Publishers . 978-1-4128-1498-0.
• Book: Tucker . Spencer C. . Arnold . James . The Encyclopedia of North American Indian Wars, 1607–1890 . 2011 . ABC-CLIO . 978-1-85109-697-8.
• Book: Zuehlke, Mark . 2006 . Canadian Military Atlas: Four Centuries of Conflict from New France to Kosovo . Douglas & McIntyre . 978-1-55365-209-0.

Official accounts – National Defence and the Canadian Forces

• Book: Bernier, Serge . 2000 . Canadian Military Heritage, Volume III 1872–2000 . Art Global . Montréal . 2-920718-51-7 .
• Book: Chartrand, René . 1993 . Canadian Military Heritage, Volume I, 1000–1754 . Art Global . Montréal . 2-920718-49-5 .
• Book: Chartrand, René . 1993 . Canadian Military Heritage, Volume II, 1755–1871 . Art Global . Montréal . 2-920718-45-2 .
• Book: Goodspeed, D.J . 1967 . The Armed Forces of Canada 1867–1967: a Century of Achievement . Queen's Printer . Ottawa .
• Book: Greenhous . Brereton . Harris . Stephen J. . Johnston . William C. . Rawling . William G.P. . The Crucible of War 1939–1945: The Official History of the Royal Canadian Air Force . 3 . University of Toronto Press . 1994 . 0-8020-0574-8 . Also at Canada.ca
• Book: National Defence Headquarters . 1995 . Peacekeeping 1815 to Today . National Defence . Ottawa . 0-662-62062-3 .
• Book: Tremblay . Yves . 2001 . Canadian Military History Since the 17th Century: Proceedings of the Canadian Military History Conference, Ottawa, 5-9 May 2000 . National Defence . Ottawa . A-JS-007-DHH/AF-001 .
• Book: Lackenbauer . P. Whitney . Moses . John . Sheffield . R. Scott . Gohier . Maxime . 2010 . A Commemorative History of Aboriginal People in the Canadian Military . National Defence . Ottawa . 978-1-100-12652-4 .

To 1914

See also: List of books about the War of 1812 and Bibliography of the 1837–1838 insurrections in Lower Canada.

• Book: Anderson, Fred . Crucible of War: The Seven Years' War and the Fate of Empire in British North America, 1754–1766 . Fred Anderson (historian) . 2000 . Knopf . New York . 0-375-40642-5 . Anderson2000.
• Book: Unconquered: The Iroquois League at War in Colonial America. Barr, Daniel P. 2006. 0-275-98466-4. Greenwood Publishing Group.
• Baugh, D.A. The Global Seven Years War 1754–1763: Britain and France in a Great Power Contest (2011)
• Berton, Pierre. The Invasion of Canada, 1812–1813. McClelland and Stewart Ltd., 1980.
• Berton, Pierre. Flames Across the Border, 1813–1814. McClelland and Stewart Ltd., 1981.
• Boulton, Charles A. (1886) Reminiscences of the North-West Rebellions. Toronto.
• Brumwell, Stephen. Book: Redcoats: The British Soldier and War in the Americas, 1755–1763. Brumwell. 2006. Cambridge University Press. 978-0-521-67538-3.
  • • 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
• Book: Dale, Ronald J. The Invasion of Canada: Battles of the War of 1812. James Lorimer. 2003. 978-1-55028-738-7.
  • • • Book: Donald E. Graves. Derek McLellan. Red coats & grey jackets: the Battle of Chippawa, 5 July, 1814. 1994. Dundurn Press Ltd.. 978-1-55002-210-0.
• Book: Jennings, Francis . Empire of Fortune: Crowns, Colonies, and Tribes in the Seven Years War in America . Francis Jennings . 1988 . Norton . New York . 0-393-30640-2 . Jennings.
  • Hunt, George T. (1972), The wars of the Iroquois, University of Wisconsin Press
  • Book: D. Peter McLeod. Northern Armageddon: The Battle of the Plains of Abraham. 17 December 2010. Renouf Pub Co Ltd. 978-1-55365-315-8.
• Book: Morrissey, Brendan. Quebec 1775: The American Invasion of Canada. Hook, Adam (trans.) . Osprey Publishing. 2003. 978-1-84176-681-2. Morrissey.
• Pederson, Charles E. (2010), The French & Indian War, ABDO
• Senior, H. (1996). The last invasion of Canada: The Fenian raids, 1866–1870. 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, 1860–1870, pub Osprey,
• Book: Bruce Vandervort. Indian wars of Mexico, Canada and the United States, 1812–1900. 2006. Taylor & Francis. 978-0-415-22471-0.
• Book: Jack Verney. The Good Regiment: The Carignan Salieres Regiment in Canada, 1665–1668. 22 December 1992. McGill-Queen's Press – MQUP. 978-0-7735-1818-6.
• 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 – The Rise of New France Fireship Press (2009),

1914 to 1945

First World War

See also: List of books about World War I.

• Book: Great War Commands: Historical Perspectives on Canadian Army Leadership 1914-1918. 2010 . Andrew B. Godefroy. Andrew Godefroy. 978-1-100-15601-9. Canadian Defence Academy Press.,
• Armstrong, John Griffith (2002) The Halifax Explosion and the Royal Canadian Navy: Inquiry and Intrigue, UBC Press.
• Book: Barton, Peter. Peter Doyle. Johan Vandewalle. Beneath Flanders fields: the tunnellers' war, 1914–1918. 2005. McGill-Queen's Press – MQUP. 978-0-7735-2949-6.
  • • 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
• Book: Duff Crerar. Padres in no man's land: Canadian chaplains and the Great War. 2 March 1995. McGill-Queen's Press – MQUP. 978-0-7735-1230-6.
• 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, 1914–1916, Viking Canada
• Cook, Tim (2008) Shock Troops: Canadians Fighting the Great War, 1917–1918, Viking Canada
• Cook, Tim (2010) The Madman and the Butcher: The Sensational Wars of Sam Hughes and General Arthur Currie, Penguin Canada
  • Book: Jeff Keshen. Propaganda and censorship during Canada's Great War. registration. 1996. University of Alberta. 978-0-88864-279-0.
  • Granatstein, J. L. (2004), Hell's Corner: An Illustrated History of Canada's Great War, 1914–1918, Douglas & McIntyre
• Book: Michael L. Hadley. Roger Flynn Sarty. Tin-pots and pirate ships: Canadian naval forces and German sea raiders, 1880–1918. 1 January 1991. McGill-Queen's Press – MQUP. 978-0-7735-0778-4.
  • 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 – Canadians and the Great War 1914–1919. Lester & Dennys Ltd. 1989.
• Morton, D. (1993). When Your Number's Up – WWI, Random House of Canada
• Perkins, Dave, "Canada's Submariners 1914–1923", 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
• Book: Zuehlke, Mark. Brave battalion: the remarkable saga of the 16th Battalion (Canadian Scottish) in the First World War. 2008. John Wiley and Sons. 978-0-470-15416-8.
• Book: Timothy C. Winegard. Indigenous Peoples of the British Dominions and the First World War. 31 October 2011. Cambridge University Press. 978-1-107-01493-0.

Official accounts – 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, 1914–1919, Vol I Part I King's Printer, Ottawa, (Downloadable PDF)
• Duguid, A.F, (1938) Official History of the Canadian Forces in the Great War, 1914–1919, 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, 1914–1919, 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 – 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

• Book: Michael Petrou. Renegades: Canadians in the Spanish Civil War. registration. 30 August 2008. UBC Press. 978-0-7748-1418-8.
• Zuehlke, Mark (1996) The Gallant Cause: Canadians in the Spanish Civil War, 1936–1939, Wiley & Sons Canada

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,
  • Book: Boegel, Gary C.. Boys of the Clouds: An Oral History of the 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion 1942–1945. 2005. Trafford Publishing. 978-1-4120-5941-1.
• Book: Jeffrey A. Keshen. Saints, Sinners, and Soldiers: Canada's Second World War. 2013. UBC Press. 978-0-7748-5082-7.
• Boire . Michael . Lest We Forget: A Review of Books Marking the 60th Anniversary of D-Day . . Summer 2004 . 5. 2 . on Canadian operations
• Book: Bourrie, Mark . The Fog of War: Censorship of Canada's Media in World War II. 6 August 2011. Douglas & McIntyre. 978-1-55365-949-5.
• Bryden, John. Deadly Allies: Canada's Secret War 1937–1947 (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
• Book: Copp, Terry. Fields of Fire: The Canadians in Normandy. registration. 2004. University of Toronto Press. 978-0-8020-3780-0.
• Copp, J. T (2006), Cinderella army: the Canadians in northwest Europe, 1944–1945, 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 1939–1945 (Toronto: M&S, 1999)
• English, John Alan (1991). The Canadian Army and the Normandy campaign: a study of failure in high command, Praeger,
• Book: Allan Douglas English. The cream of the crop: Canadian aircrew, 1939–1945. 20 July 1996. McGill-Queen's Press – MQUP. 978-0-7735-1398-3.
• 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),
• Book: Goddard, Lance. D-Day: Juno Beach, Canada's 24 Hours of Destiny. Dundurn Press. 2004. 1-55002-492-2.
• Granatstein, J. L. and D. Morton. A Nation Forged in Fire. Lester & Orpen Dennys Ltd. 1989.
• Granatstein . J.L. . 'What is to be Done?' The Future of Canadian Second World War History . . 2011 . 11. 2 . 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, 1939–1945, Douglas & McIntyre
• Granatstein, J. L. Canada's War: The Politics of the Mackenzie King Government. Oxford UP, (1975).
• Book: Brereton Greenhous. James McWilliams. R. James Steel . Kevin R. Shackleton . George H. Cassar . Bruce Cane. The Torch We Throw. 2014. Dundurn. 978-1-4597-3030-4.
• Book: Greenhous, Brereton . W. A. B. Douglas. Out of the Shadows: Canada in the Second World War. registration . 1996. Dundurn Press Ltd.. 978-1-55488-260-1.
• Greenhous, Harris, Johnston, & Rawling, "The Crucible of War 1939–1945: 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 1939–1945", Vanwell, St. Catherines, 1995
• Harvey, J. Douglas, "Boys, Bombs, and Brussels Sprouts", M&S, Halifax, 1982, (RCAF No. 6 Group, Bomber Command)
• Book: Hayes, Geoffrey . Crerar's Lieutenants . UBC Press . 2017 . Vancouver, BC Canada . 978-0-7748-3484-1 .
• Hayes, Geoffrey et al. eds. Canada and the Second World War: Essays in Honour of Terry Copp (2012) specialized essays by scholars excerpt
• Book: Bernd Horn. Men of Steel: Canadian Paratroopers in Normandy, 1944. 2010. Dundurn Press Ltd.. 978-1-55488-708-8.
• Keshen, Jeffrey A. Saints, Sinners, and Soldiers: Canada's Second World War (2004)
• Iarocci, Andrew (2008), Shoestring soldiers: the 1st Canadian Division at war, 1914–1915, University of Toronto Press
• Book: Johnston, Mac . Corvettes Canada: Convoy Veterans of WWII Tell Their True Stories. Wiley. 2008. 978-0-470-15429-8.
• Book: Jeff Keshen. Saints, sinners, and soldiers: Canada's Second World War. registration. 2004. UBC Press. 978-0-7748-0923-8.
• Kelsey, Marion (1997), Victory harvest: diary of a Canadian in the Women's Land Army, 1940–1944, McGill-Queen's University Press
• Book: Charles D. Kipp. Because We Are Canadians: A Battlefield Memoir. 2005. Douglas & McIntyre. 978-1-55365-112-3.
• Knowles Middleton, W.E., Radar Development in Canada: The Radio Branch of the National Research Council of Canada, 1939–1946, 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 1910–1985 (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,
• Book: Mowat, Farley. Farley Mowat. And No Birds Sang. McClelland & Stewart. 1979. 978-0-7710-6618-4.
• Book: Gil Murray. The invisible war: the untold secret story of Number One Canadian Special Wireless Group, Royal Canadian Signal Corps, 1944–1946. 2001. Dundurn Press Ltd.. 978-1-55002-371-8.
• 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, 1939–1943 (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 1939–1945 (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
• Book: Vogel, Robert. Brian Padair Farrell. Leadership and responsibility in the Second World War: essays in honour of Robert Vogel. 2004. McGill-Queen's Press – MQUP. 978-0-7735-2731-7.
• 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 – 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 – June 6, 1944, Douglas & McIntyre
• Zuehlke, Mark (2005) Holding Juno: Canada's Heroic Defence of the D-Day Beaches – June 7–12, 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 10–August 7, 1943, Douglas & McIntyre
• Zuehlke, Mark (2010) On to Victory: The Canadian Liberation of the Netherlands, March 23–May 5, 1945, Douglas & McIntyre
• Zuehlke, Mark (2011) Breakout from Juno: First Canadian Army and the Normandy Campaign – July 4–August 21, 1944, Douglas & McIntyre
• Book: Mark Zuehlke. Terrible Victory: First Canadian Army and the Scheldt Estuary Campaign: September 13 – November 6, 1944. 2014. Douglas & Mcintyre. 978-1-77162-030-7.

Official accounts – National Defence and the Canadian Forces

• Stacey, C P. (1948) The Canadian Army, 1939–1945 : An Official Historical Summary King's Printer, Ottawa (Downloadable PDF)
• Stacey, C P. (1970) Arms, Men and Governments: The War Policies of Canada, 1939–1945 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, 1939–1945, 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, 1950–2000 (Vancouver: UBC Press, 2013)

Cold war

See also: List of primary and secondary sources on the Cold War.

• Book: Isabel Campbell. Unlikely Diplomats: The Canadian Brigade in Germany, 1951–64. 2013. UBC Press. 978-0-7748-2565-8.
• Bashow, David L., "Starfighter: A Loving Retrospective of the CF-104 Era in Canadian Fighter Aviation 1961–1986", Fortress Publications, Toronto, 1990
• Book: Andrew B. Godefroy. Defence and Discovery: Canada's Military Space Program, 1945–74. 30 April 2011. UBC Press. 978-0-7748-1959-6.
• Book: Bernd Horn. From Cold War to New Millennium: The History of the Royal Canadian Regiment, 1953–2008. 20 June 2011. Dundurn Press Ltd.. 978-1-55488-898-6.
• Book: P. Whitney Lackenbauer. The Canadian Rangers: A Living History. 2013. UBC Press. 978-0-7748-2454-5.
• 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
• Book: Ernie Regehr. Arms Canada: the deadly business of military exports. registration. 1 January 1987. James Lorimer & Company. 978-0-88862-959-3.
• Soward, Stuart E., "Hands to Flying Stations Volume 1: A Recollective History of Canadian Naval Aviation 1945–1954", Neptune, Victoria, 1993,
• Book: Randall Wakelam. Cold War Fighters: Canadian Aircraft Procurement, 1945–54. 10 November 2011. UBC Press. 978-0-7748-2148-3.

Korean War

• Bercuson, David J. (1999) Blood on the Hills: The Canadian Army in the Korean War University of Toronto Press,
  • Book: Dan Bjarnason. Adrienne Clarkson. Peter Mansbridge. Triumph at Kapyong: Canada's Pivotal Battle in Korea. 2 April 2011. Dundurn Press Ltd.. 978-1-55488-872-6.
• 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 – National Defence and the Canadian Forces

• Historical Section General Staff, Army Headquarters (1956) Canada's Army in Korea: The United Nations Operations, 1950–53, and Their Aftermath Queen's Printer (Downloadable PDF)
• Wood, F.W (1966) Official History of the Canadian Army in Korea: Strange Battleground Queen's Printer, Ottawa (Downloadable PDF)
• Thorgrimmson, E.C. Russell (1956) Canadian Naval Operations in Korean Waters, 1950–1955 Naval Historical Section, Canadian Forces Headquarters, Ottawa (Downloadable PDF)

Rwanda

• Book: Romeo Dallaire. Shake Hands With the Devil: The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda. 21 October 2003. Random House of Canada. 978-0-67931-171-3.

Congo

• Book: Kevin Alexander Spooner. Canada, the Congo crisis, and UN peacekeeping, 1960–64. 31 August 2009. UBC Press. 978-0-7748-1636-6.

Yugoslav

• Gamme, Nicholas (2001) From peacekeeping to peacemaking: Canada's response to the Yugoslav crisis, McGill-Queen's University Press

Croatia

• Book: Carol Off. The Ghosts of Medak Pocket: The Story of Canada's Secret War. 18 October 2005. Random House Digital, Inc.. 978-0-679-31294-9.

Somalia

• Book: Grant Dawson. "Here is hell": Canada's engagement in Somalia. 2007. UBC Press. 978-0-7748-1297-9.
• Book: Sherene Razack. Dark threats and white knights: the Somalia Affair, peacekeeping, and the new imperialism. 2004. University of Toronto Press. 978-0-8020-8663-1.

Afghanistan

• Book: Anne Nivat. Islamistes: Comment ils nous voient. 5 May 2006. Fayard. 978-2-25312-917-2.
• Book: Anne Nivat. Les brouillard de la guerre: Dernière mission en Afghanistan. 7 October 2011. Fayard. 978-2-21366-584-9.
• Book: Anne Nivat. The Wake of War: Encounters with the People of Iraq and Afghanistan. registration. 15 October 2006. Beacon Press. 978-0-80700-239-1.
• Book: Bernd Horn. No Easy Task: Fighting in Afghanistan. 3 April 2012. Dundurn. 978-1-45970-162-5.
• Book: Bernd Horn. R. J. (FRW) Hillier. No Lack of Courage: Operation Medusa, Afghanistan. 2010. Dundurn Press Ltd.. 978-1-55488-766-8.
• Book: Chris Wattie. Contact Charlie: The Canadian Army, the Taliban and the Battle that Saved Afghanistan. 26 February 2010. Key Porter Books. 978-1-55470-276-3.
• Book: Christie Blatchford. Christie Blatchford. Fifteen Days: Stories of Bravery, Friendship, Life and Death from Inside the New Canadian Army. 28 October 2008. Random House Digital, Inc.. 978-0-385-66467-7.
• Book: Fabrice De Pierrebourg. Martyrs d'une guerre perdue d'avance: Le Canada en Afghanistan. 27 September 2010. Stanke. 978-2-76041-073-2.
• Book: Jody Mitic. Unflinching: The Making of a Canadian Sniper. 15 September 2015. Simon & Schuster. 978-1-47679-510-2.
• Book: John Conrad. What the Thunder Said: Reflections of a Canadian Officer in Kandahar. 1 June 2009. Dundurn. 978-1-55488-408-7.
• Book: Kevin Patterson. Jane Warren. Outside the Wire: The War in Afghanistan in the Words of its Participants. 5 August 2008. Random House of Canada. 978-0-30735-631-4.
• Book: Lee Windsor. Kandahar Tour: The Turning Point in Canadas Afghan Mission. 3 January 2012. John Wiley & Sons. 978-0-47015-761-9.
• Book: Marc Dauphin. Combat Doctor: Life and Death Stories from Kandahars Military Hospital. 9 November 2013. Dundurn. 978-1-45971-926-2.
• Book: Mark Gasparotto. Clearing the Way: Combat Engineers in Kandahar. 26 October 2010. Ardith Publishing. 978-1-92658-259-7.
• Book: Mike Friscolanti. Friendly Fire: The Untold Story of the U.S. Bombing that Killed Four Canadian Soldiers in Afghanistan. 24 October 2005. Wiley. 978-0-47083-686-6. registration.
• Book: Ray Wiss. A Line in the Sand: Canadians at War in Kandahar. registration. 1 March 2011. Douglas & McIntyre. 978-1-55365-592-3.
• Book: Ray Wiss. FOB Doc: A Doctor on the Front Lines in Afghanistan. 24 August 2009. Douglas And McIntyre. 978-1-55365-472-8.
• Book: René Vallerand. Vandoo: Une histoire sur le 22e Régiment. 1 November 2014. Adrenaline. 978-2-98140-820-4.
• Book: Rob Semrau. The Taliban Don't Wave. 17 September 2012. Wiley. 978-1-11826-118-7.
• Book: Ron Corbett. Foreword by Pat Stogran. First Soldiers Down: Canada's Friendly Fire Deaths in Afghanistan. 28 April 2012. Dundurn. 978-1-45970-327-8.
• Book: Ryan Flavelle. The Patrol: Seven Days in the Life of a Canadian Soldier in Afghanistan. 17 October 2011. HarperCollins Publishers Ltd. 978-1-44340-717-5.
• Book: Steve Jourdain. Mon Afghanistan. 9 April 2013. Athéna. 978-2-92414-205-9.
• Book: Stéphane Coulombe. Nos héros en sol Afghan. 30 September 2014. Les Éditions GID. 978-2-89634-219-8.
• Book: Sony Chris Marchal. Peur et dégoût en Afghanistan: Témoignage d'un militaire canadien. 30 November 2014. Les Éditions Québec-Livres. 978-2-76402-399-0.
• Book: Valerie Fortney. Sunray: The Death and Life of Nichola Goddard. 30 October 2012. McArthur & Company. 978-1-77087-072-7.

Nuclear weapons

• • Book: John Clearwater. U.S. nuclear weapons in Canada. 1999. Dundurn Press Ltd.. 978-1-55002-329-9.
  • Book: Sean M. Maloney. Learning to love the bomb: Canada's nuclear weapons during the Cold War. 25 July 2007. Potomac Books, Inc.. 978-1-57488-616-0.
• Book: Brian Buckley. Canada's early nuclear policy: fate, chance and character. 2000. McGill-Queen's Press – MQUP. 978-0-7735-2077-6.

Leaders

• Cook, Tim. Warlords: Borden, Mackenzie King and Canada's World Wars (2012) 472pp online, on the prime ministers in the world wars
• Horn, Bernd (2001) Warrior chiefs: perspectives on senior Canadian military leaders, Dundurn Press
• Book: Bernd Horn. John Scott Cowan. Intrepid Warriors: Perspectives on Canadian Military Leaders. 2007. Dundurn Press Ltd.. 978-1-55002-711-2.
• Book: Bernd Horn. Roch Legault. Loyal Service: Perspectives on French-Canadian Military Leaders. 28 February 2007. Dundurn Press Ltd.. 978-1-55002-693-1.

Special forces

• Book: Horn, Bernd. Tony Balasevicius. Casting light on the shadows: Canadian perspectives on special operations forces. 28 February 2007. Dundurn Press Ltd.. 978-1-55002-694-8.
• Book: Emily Spencer. The difficult war: perspectives on insurgency and special operations forces. 2009. Dundurn Press Ltd.. 978-1-55488-441-4.
• Book: Emily Spencer. Solving the People Puzzle: Cultural Intelligence and Special Operations Forces. 24 May 2010. Dundurn Press Ltd.. 978-1-55488-750-7.
• Book: Ibp Usa. Canada Intelligence, Security Activities and Operations Handbook Volume 1 Intelligence Service Organizations, Regulations, Activities. 31 July 2015. Int'l Business Publications. 978-0-7397-1615-1.

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 1961–1986", Fortress Publications, Toronto, 1990
• Book: Edmund Cosgrove. Brick Billing. Canada's Fighting Pilots. 1 April 2003. Dundurn Press Ltd.. 978-0-919614-97-0.
• 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,
• Book: Larry F. Gray. Red Roads to Runways: The Story of the Royal Canadian Air Force at Summerside. 2013. FriesenPress. 978-1-4602-0443-6.
• Book: Greenhous, Brereton. The making of Billy Bishop: the First World War exploits of Billy Bishop, VC. registration. 2002. Dundurn Press Ltd.. 978-1-55002-390-9.
• Greenhous, Brereton; Halliday, Hugh A. Canada's Air Forces, 1914–1999. Montreal: Editions Art Global and the Department of National Defence, 1999. .
• Greenhous, Harris, Johnston, & Rawling, "The Crucible of War 1939–1945: 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 1939–1945. Ottawa: Canadian Department of National Defence, 1983.
• Milberry, Larry, ed. Sixty Years—The RCAF and CF Air Command 1924–1984. 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 1945–1954", 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 1939–1945", 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 1939–1945", 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 1910–1993", Vanwell, St. Catherines, 1994,
• Mills, Carl, "Banshees in the Royal Canadian Navy", Banshee Publication, Willowdale, 1991
  • Perkins, Dave, "Canada's Submariners 1914–1923", 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 1945–1954", Neptune, Victoria, 1993,

Academies and museums

• Book: Richard Arthur Preston. To serve Canada: a history of the Royal Military College since the Second World War. 1 January 1991. University of Ottawa Press. 978-0-7766-0327-8.
• Book: Raymond Moriyama. In search of a soul: designing and realizing the new Canadian War Museum. 2006. Douglas & McIntyre. 978-1-55365-207-6.
• Book: Dan McCaffery. Canada's Warplanes: Unique Aircraft in Canada's Aviation Museums. 1 June 2000. James Lorimer & Company. 978-1-55028-699-1.

Law

• Book: Teresa Iacobelli. Death Or Deliverance: Canadian Courts Martial in the Great War. 2013. UBC Press. 978-0-7748-2569-6.
• Book: Chris Madsen. Another Kind of Justice: Canadian Military Law from Confederation to Somalia. 6 January 2000. UBC Press. 978-0-7748-0719-7.
• Book: Peter Neary. J. L. Granatstein. The Veterans Charter and Post-World War II Canada. 14 May 1999. McGill-Queen's Press – MQUP. 978-0-7735-1697-7.

Orders, decorations, and medals

• Book: Reynolds, Ken . Pro Valore: Canada's Victoria Cross . Ottawa . Queen's Printer for Canada . 2 . 2008 . 2011-12-15 . 2015-09-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150923230635/http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-dhp/pub/boo-bro/vc-cv/doc/vc-cv-eng.pdf . dead .
• Book: Department of National Defence . Canadian Honours and Awards bestowed upon members of the Canadian Forces . Ottawa . Queen's Printer for Canada . 1 April 2020 . A-DH-300-000/JD-010 .
• Book: Department of National Defence . Honours & Recognition for the Men and Women of the Canadian Forces . Ottawa . Queen's Printer for Canada . 2020 . A-DH-300-000/AF-014 .
• Web site: Canadian Medals Chart . Canada.ca . Department of National Defence . 12 August 2021 .

See also

• Military history of Canada References
• Bibliography of Canada
• History of the Royal Canadian Navy
• History of the Canadian Army
• History of the Royal Canadian Air Force
• List of Canadian military operations
• List of Canadian Peacekeeping Missions
• Military history of Canada
• Victoria Cross (Canada)
  • Lists of books
  • List of bibliographies

External links

• Canadian Military History Gateway – Government of Canada
• Canadian Military History – Library and Archives Canada
• Canadian Military History – Wilfrid Laurier University
• War and the Foundation of Canada – Canadian War Museum
• CBC Archives (War & Conflict) – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
• A Bibliography of Regimental and Military Histories and Relative Material – University of Calgary Library (2003)