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    MCLEOD, ROD A. [EDITED BY NORMAN LEACH] / FOREWORD BY GENERAL [RET.] RICK HILLIER / AFTERWORD BY LIEUTENANT-GENERAL STUART BEARE.

    Published by Calgary AB: Sheldrake Publishing Co. FIRST EDITION, 1st printing. 1 August 2014., 2014

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    Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. SIGNED "Rod A. McLeod" on the title page (SEE PIC). *** 64 pages. COLOR ILLUSTRATED THROUGHOUT. Oblong quarto (9 by 11 1/2 inch) hardcover with d/j, boards printed like the d/j, decorative pictorial endpapers. * MINT CONDITION IN FINE D/J. *** A brief but sumptuously illustrated history of Canada's mission in Afghanistan including memorial photos of all the fallen. *** This copy includes a signature by the principal author Rod A. McLeod along with related ephemera including a bookmark (SEE PIC). *** CONTENTS: ** FOREWORD. ** 9/11/2001: NO QUESTION OF INTENT. CANADA'S ROLE IN PEACEKEEPING. THE UN AND NATO RESPOND. OP APOLLO: CANADA ENTERS THE FRAY. OP ANACONDA: THE GREEN MACHINE ARRIVES. TRAINING: CANADIAN MANOEUVRE TRAINING CENTRE. OP ATHENA: NEXT STOP . KABUL! THE CAMPS: CANADIAN CAMPS "OVER THERE". OP MOUNTAIN TRUST: INTO THE VALLEY RODE THE 11,000! PANJWAII: TALIBAN FACES THE MIGHT OF ORION. OP MEDUSA: SECOND BATTLE OF PANJWAII. THE KPRT: PROVINCIAL RECONSTRUCTION TEAMS. OP FALCON SUMMIT: DON'T TAKE A KNIFE TO A GUN FIGHT. OP HOOVER: .TIME TO CLEAN HOUSE! OP ACHILLES: 85 DAYS OF HELL . IN HELMAND. LASTAY KULANG: STABILIZING HELMAND PROVINCE. ARGANDAB: THE SARPOSA PRISON BREAK. THE LEGACY: LEAVING AFGHANISTAN - A BETTER PLACE. REPATRIATION: THE HIGHWAY OF HEROES. AFTERWORD: .FROM CANADIAN JOINT OPERATIONS COMMAND. 9 MAY 2014: NATIONAL DAY OF HONOUR. MEMORIAL: AFGHANISTAN MEMORIAL VIGIL. ** COMMANDERS AND ROTATIONS. CANADIAN OPERATIONAL AREAS, AFGHANISTAN. SUMMARY OF ABBREVIATIONS. PHOTO CREDITS. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. COINS . AND THE MILITARY. *^*^* A MINT & SIGNED COPY WITH EXTRAS OF THIS SCARCE, SUMPTUOUSLY ILLUSTRATED TRIBUTE TO CANADA'S AFGHANISTAN MISSION AND THOSE WHO FOUGHT AND FELL THERE.