Who Killed The Canadian Military

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THE THREAT OF INTERNATIONAL—and even domestic—terrorism is not disappearing any time soon. It’s clear that our military has a key role to play around the world. So what has happened to Canada’s proud military tradition? demands Granatstein. With out-of-date, unsafe equipment and often ill-prepared personnel, we rank 34th among nations in the provision of UN peacekeeping troops, and the U.S. is seriously re-evaluating our ability to defend our half of North America against terrorism.
    For this sorry state Granatstein blames a series of inefficient governments since the Second World War and a nation that has allowed the military’s deterioration to continue unchecked. With an impassioned argument for a well-trained, well-funded military, and an updated preface to reflect events of the past year, Who Killed the Canadian Military? is already becoming a touchstone book for many Canadians, much like Granatstein’s last bestseller, Who Killed Canadian History?

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" J.L. GRANATSTEIN is one of our most distinguished historians and the author of over 50 books, including Yankee Go Home? and Victory 1945 (with Desmond Morton). His most recent publication is Canada's Army: Waging the War and Keeping the Peace (University of Toronto Press, 2002). He has received much recognition and numerous awards for his work, including the J.B. Tyrrell Historical Medal of the Royal Society of Canada (1992) for "outstanding work in the history of Canada." J.L. Granatstein is a Distinguished Research Professor of History Emeritus at York University in Toronto, the former director of the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa, and chair of the Council for Canadian Security in the 21st Century. He lives in Toronto. "