Our Finest Hour: Canada Fights the Second World War
By: David J. Bercuson
3.71
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
First published in 1995 as Maple Leaf Against the Axis, Our Finest Hour has been completely revised…
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2. Louis Riel and Gabriel Dumont
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3. With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa
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Format: 326 pages, Paperback
In his own book, Wartime, Paul Fussell called With the Old Breed "one of the finest memoirs to emer… read more
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"Kick him in the balls before he kicks you in yours"-Paul Fussell, With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa
"Your soul may belong to Jesus, but your ass belongs to the marines."-Paul Fussell, With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa
"War is such self-defeating, organized madness the way it destroys a nation's best."-Paul Fussell, With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa
"Would the war dehumanize me so that I, too, could "field trip" enemy dead with such nonchalance?"-Paul Fussell, With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa
4. A Thousand Shall Fall: The True Story of a Canadian Bomber Pilot in World War Two
By: Murray Peden
3.14
Format: 54 pages, Paperback
During World War II, Canada trained tens of thousands of airmen under the British Commonwealth Air … read more
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5. White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism
By: Robin DiAngelo
4.17
Format: 7 pages, Audiobook
Referring to the defensive moves that white people make when challenged racially, white fragility i… read more
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"I am often asked if I think the younger generation is less racist. No, I don't. In some ways, racism's adaptations over time are more sinister than concrete rules such as Jim Crow."-Robin DiAngelo, White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism
"For those of us who work to raise the racial consciousness of whites, simply getting whites to acknowledge that our race gives us advantages is a major effort. The defensiveness, denial, and resistan…"-Robin DiAngelo, White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism
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"Habitus maintains our social comfort and helps us regain it when those around us do not act in familiar and acceptable ways. .... Thus, white fragility is a state in which even a minimum amount of ra…"-Robin DiAngelo, White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism
6. Our Finest Hour: Canada Fights the Second World War
By: David J. Bercuson
3.71
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
First published in 1995 as Maple Leaf Against the Axis, Our Finest Hour has been completely revised… read more
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- world war ii
- nonfiction
