The Canadian Way of War: Serving the National Interest

Table of contents

• The Canadian Way of War 1
• Title Page 3
• Contents 5
• Foreword 7
• Acknowledgements 9
• Introduction 11
• Part I - Establishing a Distinct Canadian Way of War 19
• Chapter 1 - La Petite Guerre: a Strategy of Survival 21
• Chapter 2 - [They Really Conducted Themselves Remarkably Well]: Canadian Soldiers and the Great War, 1783 to 1815 57
• Chapter 3 - A Modicum of Professionalism: the Canadian Militia in the Nineteenth Century 99
• Part II Fighting Abroad 135
• Chapter 4 - The Primacy of National Command: Boer War Lesson Learned 137
• Chapter 5 - Canadian Military Effectiveness in the First World War 169
• Chapter 6 - A Canadian Way of War: 1919 to 1939 195
• Chapter 7 - When Harry Met Monty: Canadian National Politics and the Crerar-Montgomery Relationship 213
• Part III - Assuring Global Stability 233
• Chapter 8 - The Road from Innocence: Canada and the Cold War, 1945 to 1963 235
• Chapter 9 - Supporting the Pax Americana: Canada's Military and the Cold War 265
• Chapter 10 - In the Service of Forward Security: Peacekeeping, Stabilization, and the Canadian Way of War 297
• Part IV - Brave New World: after the Fall of the Wall 325
• Chapter 11 - The Intangible Defence: Canada's Militarization and Weaponization of Space 327
• Chapter 12 - Years of Innocence and Drift: the Canadian Way of War in the Post-Cold War Era 359
• Afterword 379
• Glossary of Abbreviations 385
• Selected Bibliography 391
• Contributors 397
• Index 399

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