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Three-quarters of a century after the Second World War, almost all the participants are gone. This book contains interviews with and about the Canadian who led the troops during that war. Edited and introduced by one of the foremost military historians of our time, this carefully curated collection brings to life the generals and their wartime experiences. The interviews are based on lengthy conversations that J.L. Granatstein had with the surviving generals, their key staff officers, fighters under their command, and their families. Generals McNaughton, Crerar, Simonds, Foulkes, and Burns are among those discussed. The content is revealing and conversations frank. Peers and subordinates alike scrutinize key commanders of the war, sometimes offering praise but often passing harsh judgment. We learn of their failings and successes – and of the heavy weight of command borne by all.

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J.L. Granatstein, OC, FRSC, is a Distinguished Research Professor of History Emeritus at York University. For fifty years he has published extensively in Canadian military, political, and foreign policy history; his most recent book is The Best Little Army in the World: The Canadians in Northwest Europe, 1944-1945. He taught at York University for thirty years, was Director and CEO of the Canadian War Museum, and has served on government commissions.

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