(Part 2) Best 20th century canadian history books according to redditors

Believing in equality, and marching against Trump in a show of solidarity for those values, is the point - "achieving equality" happens through legislation and societal evolution. Kind of like how women had to march for suffrage, but the march didn't "achieve" suffrage. If you honestly don't understand the purpose of protest, I suggest you read "March: Book One", or "Freedom is a Constant Struggle".

For your second question: women are still paid less for the same job a man has (the discrepancy of which is even worse for women of color), women are still vastly outnumbered in positions of power (CEOs, World Leaders, etc.), and when they do find themselves in those positions, like Hillary Clinton, they are derided for everything from the pitch of their voice, to the clothes they wear, to their ability to overcome their "emotions".

And I swear to God, if you try to reply with some "but things are so much better!" line: things were also better for women after they won the vote, but it still took until 1993 for Marital Rape to be considered a crime in the U.S. "Progress" is not a road that just ends, where we all pat each-other on the back and look out at our utopia - because humans will always be imperfect, and there will always be something to improve.

There is a very good book on the North Shore Regiment that is featured in the video here. It is a rather tragic story; the Battalion of some 800 men were formed in 1940 and landed in England in 1941 where it spent the next 3 years training up for an eventual invasion of France. During that time created a community of men who bonded over 3 years of service together, fielding various sports teams for inter-unit competitions and other activities.

Unfortunately the community that existed on the morning of June 6th had essentially be destroyed by July 5th. The culmination of the losses on D-day when it assaulted Juno beach, the subsequent battles with the 12th SS division trying to throw the invasion back into the sea from June 7th-11th, the constant trickle of losses from mortar fire during the quiet period, and the final losses during Operation Windsor which alone cause the deaths or injury of some 300 men (almost 40% of the unit). By July 5th the unit had cumulatively suffered losses equivalent to 100% of its combat strength.

While replacements would fill the ranks so the unit continued to exist on paper, the community of 800 men who had been created through years of service together was gone. While some of the wounded men would return to the unit after they recovered, it would never be quite the close knit community it had been prior to D-day. The constant trickle of losses over the next year would mean it would constantly change in character and men died and fresh replacements would fill the holes.

Nice Heritage moment, it is good to reflect on the sacrifice of these men. The odds were not in their favor to get through the war. In Normandy alone the 3 Canadians divisions that fought lost some 18,700 men, mostly from the rifle company. The three divisions had combined probably around 12,000 combat infantry in their various rifle company. Not great odds to make it through the 3 month battle of Normandy, let alone the subsequent 8 months of fighting after.

There's a very good book about the explosion.

Political works by Chomsky:

The Responsibility of Intellectuals (1967),
At War With Asia: Essays on Indochina (1969),
Government in the Future (1970),
The Fateful Triangle (1983, 2015),
The Chomsky Reader (1987, 2010),
Manufacturing Consent (1988, 2002),
Year 501: The Conquest Continues (1992, 2015),
Understanding Power: The Indispensible Chomsky (2002),
Hegemony or Survival (2003),
Failed States (2006).

Works on Chomsky:

Noam Chomsky: A personal bibliography, 1951-1986 (1986),
Noam Chomsky: A Life of Dissent (1998),
Chomsky: Ideas and Ideals ( 1999, 2002, 2016),
The Cambridge Companion to Chomsky (2005, 2017),
The Social and Political Thought of Noam Chomsky (2000, 2002, 2004),
The Chomsky Effect: A Radical Works Beyond the Ivory Tower (2007), Noam Chomsky (2015)


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> So from what I can gather, there are no records of the Templar ever using that flag. Anywhere (at least online) that refers to it as a Templar Battle Flag ultimately leads back to season 1 of Curse of Oak Island as the source. Where Rick and Marty got this idea, I would love to know.

The Sinclair Saga by Mark Finnan seems to be the main source of this. It's mentioned on page 84 of that book, which is included on Amazon's look inside feature. Just search for 'flag' and it will come up. According to his website, he is an actor and owner of a holistic retreat. Not exactly an authoritative source on this stuff.

The French weren't the only ones. In this case I was referring to the Germans. I read about it in either Jack Sheldon's German Army On The Western Front 1915, or Jonathan Krause's Early Trench Tactics In The French Army. I can't remember which. I know it was mentioned in Jonathan Mosier's book about Verdun But that was 1916 obviously.

Anyway here is a site which shows some other semi auto guns, including a 1913 French prototype and a 1908 model Luger that is very similar looking to an M1 Garand.

There’s an excellent history of the RCN called In Peril on the Sea. That’s where I first came across this story, but it’s also a terrifically good source with great photos.

https://www.amazon.ca/Peril-Sea-Canadian-Battle-Atlantic/dp/189694132X

It depends on how detailed you want. There's always the dated, but still valuable, Canadian Centenary Series - I use Robert Craig Brown and Ramsay Cook's contribution all the time and it remains one of the best overviews of early 20th century Canada. The rest are of varying quality. Though, they are decades out of date in terms of the most up to date scholarship.

More recent English Canadian scholarship doesn't offer as many overviews outside of textbooks. Like I said, it's hard to find books that do English and French Canadian history together in either history since so often you find Quebec history or English Canadian history. Ramsay Cook has a lot of publications dealing with French Canadian history which often overlaps into general Canadian history, but he's an older historian from the 60-90s. For a good review of English Canadian historical writing, Carl Berger's Writing of Canadian History is the definitive work though, like other works here, a bit dated.

It's kinda the same for Quebecois literature as far as I know. I think an interesting and accessible Quebecois view of Canadian history is Histoire du Quebec contemporain (that's volume 1, there's also volume 2). It's a bit of a textbook, but hits all the major points and has a definitively Quebecois perspective on them. If you're up for a denser work, Yvan Lamonde's Histoire sociale des idees au Quebec (similarly two volumes) is a great exploration of Quebec intellectual landscapes. I've referred to it a lot as it is really frames the response of Quebecois to English Canada within their provincial context. For a good English language overview of Quebec historiography, it's worth checking out Ronald Rudin's Making History in Twentieth Century Quebec too.

Overall, I'd say most of the good comprehensive histories that examine both French and English Canada are either textbooks or decades old. Or, perhaps, in articles and specific studies of certain events or periods. Historians have moved away from larger overviews of Canadian history unfortunately - so unless you move towards more pop history, you won't find much in the academic presses.

If you have any specific areas or time periods you're specifically interested in, I'd love to provide some more detailed works. Though, to be honest, I am well read in political history and 1900-1945 Canada, so my choices here and other suggestions will reflect that.

Although I'm not equipped to answer this question myself, I can point you towards a reference that might begin to address the matter of how experiences and memories of WWII and the Holocaust influenced Canadians' perceptions of immigrants, and thereby Canadian immigration policies: Franca Iacovetta's fabulous Gatekeepers: Reshaping Immigrant Lives in Cold War Canada. For a brief rundown of Iacovetta's study, see: https://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=23642

Terrible Victory is his book on the Dutch campaigns,

but I find he has a very detail oriented style that can turn some people away

Welcome! There's also a published book that I own and it's fantastic and informative too.

This is by far the best book on the subject. You should definitely check it out if you're interested in learning more http://www.amazon.com/Park-Prisoners-Bill-Waiser/dp/1895618746/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1410413597&sr=8-1&keywords=park+prisoners

>By the end of the war the battalion had gained a remarkable reputation: they never failed to complete a mission, and they never gave up an objective once taken. They are the only Canadians to participate in the Battle of the Bulge and had advanced deeper than any other Canadian unit into enemy territory

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1st_Canadian_Parachute_Battalion#cite_note-bastardsons-2

The 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion was one hell of a unit. I read up about them many years ago and was pretty awestruck by their accomplishments relative to the size of the unit:

https://www.amazon.ca/Airborne-Heroic-Canadian-Parachute-Battalion/dp/1895555779

Fantastic book if you haven't already read it. Men like your grandfather were really one of a kind.

A good read on efforts or lack of efforts made to help Jews during this time.

http://www.amazon.com/The-Abandonment-Jews-Holocaust-1941-1945/dp/159558174X

Mirando: nada, no tengo tele ni miro series en la compu.

Leyendo: Alternando entre un libro sobre una batalla oscura de la segunda guerra, y un libro de carpintería. Probando de armarme una mesita de trabajo.

Jugando: Con mi mujer estamos aprendiendo a jugar al Robinson Crusoe, una partida nos lleva un par de horas.

The techniques come from W.E. Fairbairn, who designed the hand to hand combat curriculum for British special forces in WWII. Rex Applegate studied under Fairbairn and adopted many of his techniques. Fairbairn wrote several books, and his curriculum for the British Special Operations Executive can be found in this book.

http://www.amazon.ca/Escaping-Hell-underground-Auschwitz-Buchenwald/dp/1550020714

His trial raised delicate issues of command responsibility for the first time, but lets go to some examples during the trial. During the trial officers from the Canadian 3rd Division, the same division that the Canadians shot at the abbey were a part of. One officer quoted that if Kurt Meyer "was found guilty of the war crime, then the Canadian army will have no generals by tomorrow." Though this quote is from Kurt Meyers Autobiography Grenadiers. (p. 370)

Here is a good source on from an external viewpoint of the trial, but I also suggest looking at the trial minutes, see the charges, and then ask your self why the command of the Canadian forces of Europe, General Vokes, commuted his sentence.

https://www.amazon.com/Casual-Slaughters-Accidental-Judgments-Prosecutions/dp/1442652330

I don't know much about Ron Paul or his beliefs, but the quote itself is fairly accurate. For proof, check out the 2400 page collection of speeches, newspaper clippings, private/public correspondence titled The Debate on The Constitution: Federalist and Antifederalist Speeches, Articles, and Letters During the Struggle over Ratification. I know that many people today don't like the fact that the aforementioned quote is accurate, but it's accurate nonetheless. The real questions is...why does it even matter?

And yes, I've read the quote posted on this page:
>From the US Constitution:

>Sixth Article: There shall be no religious test for any public office or trust under the United States.

>First Amendment: Congress shall pass no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.

But I don't see how that's relevant to the quote in question...they are completely compatible.

Check Francis Parkman's multi-volume series France and England in North America. It may also be available at your local library.