FORTUNE FAVOURS THE BRAVE: Tales of Courage and Tenacity in Canadian Military History - Softcover

COLONEL COLONEL BERN

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1550028413 ISBN 13: 9781550028416

Publisher: Dundurn, 2009

Synopsis

Many Canadians see the role their country's military plays in Afghanistan as an anomaly. However, this assumption is far from the truth. As U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has commented, "Canadians are fierce fighters." Fortune Favours the Brave certainly proves this point in a collection of essays that showcases the fighting spirit and courage of Canada's military.

Daring actions featured in the book include the intrepid assault on the Fortress of Louisbourg and the cat-and-mouse struggle between Canadian partisans and Rogers's Rangers in the Seven Years' War in the 1750s; the seesaw battle for the Niagara frontier in the War of 1812; an innovative trench raid in the First World War; the valiant parachute assault to penetrate the Third Reich in the Second World War; the infamous battle at Kap'yong in the Korean War; covert submarine operations during the Cold War; the Medak Pocket clash in Croatia in the early 1990s; and Operation Medusa in Afghanistan.

About this title

Product Description:

Rare book

Review:

"...the last three chapters on operations in the Balkans and Afghanistan should be required reading for all Canadians, to show them how dramatically United Nations missions have changed within the last 20 years."

(Chronicle-Herald, The)

... both chapters on Afghanistan ... are the best company-level battle narratives currently available, and by themselves are worth the price of the book.

(Quill & Quire)

About this edition

• Publisher: Dundurn
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1550028413
• ISBN 13: 9781550028416
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 99