A soldier first : bullets, bureaucrats and the politics of war
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509 pages, [24] pages of plates : 24 cm
In the summer of 2008, General Rick Hillier retired as Chief of the Defence staff of the Canadian Forces. You could almost hear the sigh of relief in Ottawa as Canada's most popular, and most controversial, military leader since the second World War left a role in which he'd been as frank, unpredictable and resolutely apolitical as any of his predecessors ..
Includes bibliographical references and index
In the summer of 2008, General Rick Hillier retired as Chief of the Defence staff of the Canadian Forces. You could almost hear the sigh of relief in Ottawa as Canada's most popular, and most controversial, military leader since the second World War left a role in which he'd been as frank, unpredictable and resolutely apolitical as any of his predecessors ..
Acknowledgements -- Breakfast with the PM -- Newfoundland Days -- Basic Training -- Between a Rock and a Hard Place -- Tanks, but No Tanks -- Striking It Rich in Fort Knox -- Germany -- Decade of Darkness -- Bosnia -- A Flood of Affection -- Thawing the Ice -- Fort Hood, Texas -- Back to Bosnia -- Friendly Fire -- Four Stars -- Kabul -- Chief of the Defence Staff -- First Year on the Job -- Recruiting the Nation -- Defensive Manoeuvres -- Making Canada Small -- Highway of Heroes -- Final Days -- Time to go
In the summer of 2008, General Rick Hillier retired as Chief of the Defence staff of the Canadian Forces. You could almost hear the sigh of relief in Ottawa as Canada's most popular, and most controversial, military leader since the second World War left a role in which he'd been as frank, unpredictable and resolutely apolitical as any of his predecessors ..
Includes bibliographical references and index
In the summer of 2008, General Rick Hillier retired as Chief of the Defence staff of the Canadian Forces. You could almost hear the sigh of relief in Ottawa as Canada's most popular, and most controversial, military leader since the second World War left a role in which he'd been as frank, unpredictable and resolutely apolitical as any of his predecessors ..
Acknowledgements -- Breakfast with the PM -- Newfoundland Days -- Basic Training -- Between a Rock and a Hard Place -- Tanks, but No Tanks -- Striking It Rich in Fort Knox -- Germany -- Decade of Darkness -- Bosnia -- A Flood of Affection -- Thawing the Ice -- Fort Hood, Texas -- Back to Bosnia -- Friendly Fire -- Four Stars -- Kabul -- Chief of the Defence Staff -- First Year on the Job -- Recruiting the Nation -- Defensive Manoeuvres -- Making Canada Small -- Highway of Heroes -- Final Days -- Time to go
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