UBC Press Military and Security Studies 2011-12 Catalogue

The catalogue for the UBC Press Military and Security Studies 2011-12 publications is out and contains a whole bunch of Canadian military history titles:

Timothy Balzer, The Information Front: The Canadian Army and News Management during the Second World War (released January 2011);

Y.A. Bennett (ed.), Kidd the kids for dad, Don't forget to write: The Wartime Letters of George Timmins, 1916-18 (released 2009);

Michael K. Carroll, Pearson's Peacekeepers: Canada and the United Nations Emergency Force, 1956-67 (released 2009);

Tim Cook, Clio's Warriors: Canadian Historians and the Writing of the World Wars (released 2006);

Douglas E. Delaney, Five British and Canadian Generals at War, 1939-45 (released May 2011);

Serge Marc Durflinger, Veterans with a Vision: Canada's War Blinded in Peace and War (released 2010);

James G. Fergusson, Canada and Ballistic Missile Defence, 1954-2009 (released 2010);

Andrew B. Godefroy, Defence and Discovery: Canada's Military Space Program, 1945-74 (released March 2011);

Benjamin Isitt, From Victoria to Vladivostok: Canada's Siberian Expedition, 1917-19 (released 2010);

Philip P. Mason (ed.), After Tippecanoe: Some Aspects of the War of 1812 (released March 2011);

Michael Petrou, Renegades: Canadians in the Spanish Civil War (released 2008);

Aaron Plamondon, The Politics of Procurement: Military Acquisition in Canada and the Sea King Helicopter (released 2009);

Amy J. Shaw, Crisis of Conscience: Conscientious Objection in Canada during the First World War (released 2008);

David Curtis Skaggs and Larry L. Nelson, The Sixty Years' War for the Great Lakes, 1754-1814 (released 2010);

Kevin A. Spooner, Canada, the Congo Crisis, and UN Peacekeeping, 1960-64 (released 2009);

Cynthia Toman, An Officer and a Lady: Canadian Military Nursing and the Second World War (released 2007);

Randall Wakelam, Cold War Fighters: Canadian Aircraft Procurement, 1945-54 (to be released November 2011);

Timothy Wilford, Canada's Road to the Pacific War: Intelligence, Strategy, and the Far East Crisis" (to be released September 2011); and

James Wood, Militia Myths: Ideas of the Canadian Citizen Soldier, 1896-1921 (released 2010).

Canadian Historical Association 2012 Annual Meeting

The theme for the 2012 Annual Meeting of the Canadian Historical Association - "Crossroads: Scholarship in an Uncertain World - will observe the 200th anniversary of the commencement of the War of 1812 as well as other "transformative events of the past that have substantially altered the course of history." The conference will be held at Wilfrid Laurier University and the University of Waterloo, in Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario, from 28 to 30 May 2012. Proposals for single papers and panels are most welcome and need to be submitted by 19 October 2011. For further details check the conference press release.

June 2011 New Books from Library and Archives Canada

The June 2011 new books list from Library and Archives Canada includes the following for readers of Canadian military history:

Lawrence J. Barkwell, Veterans and Families of the 1885 Northwest Resistance (Saskatoon: Gabriel Dumont Institute, 2011);

Ted Barris, Breaking the Silence: Veterans' Untold Stories from the Great War to Afghanistan, 2nd edition (Toronto: Thomas Allen Publishers, 2011);

John Bell, Rebels on the Great Lakes: Confederate Naval Commando Operations launched from Canada, 1863-1864 (Toronto: Dundurn, 2011);

Murray Brewster, The Savage War: The Untold Battles of Afghanistan (Etobicoke, ON: J. Wiley & Sons Canada, 2011);

Richard Feltoe, Redcoated Ploughboys: The Volunteer Battalion of Incorporated Militia of Upper Canada, 1813-1815 (Toronto: Dundurn Press, 2012);

Ryan Flavelle, The Patrol: Seven Days in the Life of a Canadian Soldier in Afghanistan (Toronto: Harper Collins, 2011);

Nathan M. Greenfield, The Damned: The Canadians at the Battle of Hong Kong and the POW Experience, 1941-45 (Toronto: Harper Collins Canada, 2011);

Bernd Horn and Emily Spencer (eds.), No Easy Task: Fighting in Afghanistan (Toronto: Dundurn, 2012);

D. Peter MacLeod, The Canadian Iroquois and the Seven Years' War (Toronto: Dundurn Press, 2012);

William D. Mathieson, Nine Hours: The Canadians at Dieppe: Wednesday, 19 August 1942 (Belleville, ON: Epic Press, 2011);

John Melady, Korea: Canada's Forgotten War, 2nd edition (Toronto: Dundurn Press, 2011);

Art Montague, Canadian Forces: An Historical Salute to Those on the Front Line (Lunenburg, NS: MacIntyre Purcell Pub., 2011);

Dan Snow, Death of Victory: The Battle of Quebec and the Birth of an Empire (Toronto: Penguin Canada, 2011);

Randall T. Wakelam, Cold War Fighters: Canadian Aircraft Procurement, 1945-54 (Vancouver: UBC Press, 2011); and

Timothy Wilford, Canada's Road to the Pacific War: Intelligence, Strategy, and the Far East Crisis (Vancouver: UBC Press, 2011).

The End, Part 2

Hello all,

I've returned recently from my time out of country. I had been serving on my second tour as an historian with NATO's International Assistance Security Force at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan. That tour is done. Obviously, I did not post while I was away. I would like to thank Norman Leach for occasionally posting during my absence.

However, when I was away I decided my family and work committments and my desires to pursue other online avenues (including my Soldiers of the 38th blog) in Canadian military history meant it was, again, time to bring The Cannon's Mouth to an end - at least for the foreseeable future. Thanks for reading.

A Handful of Updates

Kingston - On Saturday July 17 the Kingston branch of the Women's Royal Canadian Naval Service unveiled a limestone memorial in Navy Park, next to the Marine Museum, marking the 100th year of the senior service and Kingston's contribution to it. At the same ceremony, the local branch of the turned the park back over to the city after owning it for seven years, saying there were too few of them and they were too old to continue looking after it.

Ottawa - According to a July 19th report on the CBC Canon Frederick G. Scott's medals have been acquired by the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa. (Jeffrey Hoare Auctions)

The CBC report noted that the Canadian War Museum has bought the medals of Canon Frederick G. Scott, a First World War chaplain and poet, for $28,000.

Jeffrey Hoare Auctions Inc., an auction house that specializes in military memorabilia, sold a set of 10 medals belonging to the war hero last Friday in St. Catharines, Ont.

Among the medals are the Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George and the Distinguished Service Order.

Lt.-Col. Scott was senior chaplain with the 1st Canadian Infantry Division, but he could not be kept safely in the rear while men were in the trenches. Instead he insisted on being in the thick of the action at Ypres, the Somme, Vimy Ridge and the Battle of Arras.

The Anglican priest was mentioned four times in dispatches, according to the Ottawa-based war museum. He was wounded in 1918 and sent to England to recover. He died in 1944 at age 83.

Ottawa — On June 3 the Canadian War Museum (CWM) accepted the donation of a Vindicator II Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) from Meggitt Training Systems Canada.

According to the Museum’s press release “The Vindicator II was designed in Canada for Canadian use and export as a training system for low-level anti-aircraft defence. It is also used as an introductory trainer for the larger CU-161 Sperwer UAV, currently in use by the Canadian Forces in Afghanistan. The artefact is an important example of Canadian engineering, and it reflects the history, development and evolution of the Canadian defence industry. The Vindicator II UAV will be displayed in the Museum’s LeBreton Gallery.”

Golden BC - Reporter Carrie White writing in the Golden Star in Golden BC noted that “the Royal Canadian Legion Branch #122 in Golden is taking steps to ensure that they can continue to honour Canada’s veterans and serve local members and the community for another 80 years.

The project includes a partnership with the Golden and District Historical Society (GDHS) to preserve local military history and artefacts. According to the director of the project “The team has been using approved archival methods, assigning, cataloguing and archiving historical artefacts and memorabilia for the Legion and the community.”

Society - The International Military Music Society (IMMS) was founded in 1977 and is a worldwide organization for people who direct, play in, are associated with or are simply interested in and enjoy military bands, their music and history.
According to the organization`s website the objectives of the IMMS
· The encouraging of interest in all areas of military music (brass, concert, tattoos, symphonic, pipes, percussion, ensembles, etc.) of the world including published music, recordings, history, traditions, instrumentation and uniforms.
· The promotion of research in those areas.
· To provide world-wide means of communication between members interested in those aspects and studies and to exchange information.

The IMMS unites not only friends, for which military music is a hobby, but also those who are professionally involved, such as conductors, musicians and composers.

http://www.immscanada.ca/

Kelowna BC - Jennifer Smith writing in the Kelowna Capital News wrote on July 22 that the Okanagan Military Museum, the British Columbia Dragoons and the Whizbang Veterans Association are hoping to have at least a handful of Okanagan artists interested in painting a mural on the wall of Memorial Arena to celebrate the Dragoon’s centennial in 2011.

“What we’re looking for is a legacy project for the B.C. Dragoons centennial that will leave a lasting memorial for the community of the centennial,” said Paul Seguna, mural committee member and Vernon-based museum director.

www.kelownamuseums.ca

Another Event

Found another event happening in Calgary

Lougheed House, a wonderfully restored mansion in Calgary, is hosting its annual history day. This year the house has partnered with the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (PPCLI) to host Ride Through Time 2010 - Dutiful, Decorated and Distinguished.

The celebrations will be held on July 24 from 11:00 - 16:00.

See the website at www.lougheedhouse.com for a complete schedule of events.

Events and Exhibitions

The Western Front Association (WFA) www.wfa_usa.org is hosting the following upcoming seminars for 2010. While US based I can personally attest that Canada gets a great deal of "airtime" at these events.

- Sept 10 - 11 the Western Front Association's Annual National Seminar at the Liberty Memorial, the National World War 1 Museum, Kansas City MO. The complete program and registration are on the Association's Website.

- Oct 13 Great Lakes Chapter WFA Seminar Cleveland Gray's Armory, Cleveland OH

- Nov 6 East Coast Chapter Seminar Maryland War Memorial, Baltimore

- Nov 13 New England - New York Chapter Seminar Franklin Delano Roosevelt Library Hyde Park NY


On a more Canadian note the Military Museums in Calgary www.themilitarymuseums.com is announcing the following events:

- On July 11 Vice Admiral D McFadden, head of the Canadian Navy unveiled an authentic Enigma machine at the Naval Museum of Alberta located within the Military Museums. The Enigma machine will be on permanent display.

- The Founders Gallery at the Military Museums is hosting an art exhibit entitled "Prairie Boys at Sea" which will officially open on July 14 and run until August 22, 2010.

CALL FOR INFO

If any of you have info that would be interesting to the readers of the Cannon's Mouth please forward to me at nsleach@telusplanet.net Thank you in advance.

Thanks for the offers of help.

I am grateful for the offers of help I have been receiving over the past week. All offers are accepted with thanks.

While this is very regional thought some of you might be interested:

The Founders Gallery at Military Museums in Calgary has a special exhibit starting on Canada Day. The gallery will be displaying the last Red Ensign to be flown in Canada and the very first Canadian Flag with the Maple Leaf. Check out the Museum's website for more information.

New Writer

Ken

Thank you for your faith in me. To all of you fans of The Cannon's Mouth I hope I can do it justice.

I am looking for any and all story ideas or leads - as long as the focus on Canadian Military History. Please let me know what you might have at nsleach@telusplanet.net

Thanks in advance for your help.

Norman

Great News

Great news! Norman Leach, noted Canadian military historian from Calgary, has graciously agreed to guest write for The Cannon's Mouth during my absence. Best of luck to Norman.