Author: T. Robert Fowler
Publisher: General Store Publishing House
Keywords: beach, juno, valour
Number of Pages: 104
Published: 2005-01-01
List price: $18.95
ISBN-10: 189618202X
ISBN-13: 9781896182025

To read this book is probably the closest a person could come to living - or reliving - the experience of the Canadians who landed in Normandy in June of 1944.

Author: Terrence McNally
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service Inc
Keywords: compassion, valour, love
Number of Pages: 104
Published: 1999-06
List price: $7.50
ISBN-10: 0822214679
ISBN-13: 9780822214670

Author: Melvin Charles Smith
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Keywords: history, heroism, studies, military, concept, strategic, evolution, valour, victoria, cross, awarded, british
Number of Pages: 288
Published: 2008-07-08
List price: $35.00
ISBN-10: 0230547052
ISBN-13: 9780230547056

Based on primary source research, Awarded for Valour is the most comprehensive history of the Victoria Cross available, tracing the evolution of the award from its inception in 1856 to the most recent bestowals in the twenty-first century. The study examines the evolution of the concept of heroism as well, analyzing the nature of the acts that won the VC and how the definition of heroism changed along with the nature of warfare.Based on primary source research, Awarded for Valour is the most comprehensive history of the Victoria Cross available, tracing the evolution of the award from its ince

Authors:S. F. Wise, David J. Bercuson, S. F. Wise, David J. B
Publisher: McGill-Queen’s University Press
Keywords: revisited, horror, valour
Number of Pages: 185
Published: 1994-11
List price: $27.95
ISBN-10: 0773512713
ISBN-13: 9780773512719

In January 1992 the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation ( cbs ) broadcast "The valour and the horror", a three-part television series on Canada’s role in World War II. It sparked a major controversy among viewers, war veterans, and historians. Brian and Terence McKenna of Galafilm, the authors-producers of the series, were accused of distorting historical facts, maligning individuals such as commanders Arthur Harris and Guy Simonds, presenting a biased account of events, and overstepping the line between journalism and drama. "The valour and the horror revisited" brings together source doc