Norman Leach: 3 books
Great Military Leaders
Charismatic Canadian Commanders
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2011
"I never saw his equal for true grit... He lay all day with his body torn and bleeding, and it was only at night when the stretcher bearers could approach the trench to get out the wounded that he was carried away, and then he went last." The history of Canada is filled with charismatic...
Sam Steele
An Officer and a Gentleman
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2015
A GLOBE AND MAIL BESTSELLER
Had there been no Sam Steele, it has been observed, Hollywood would have had to invent him. Born into the comparative stability of the Victorian era's Pax Britannica, Steele lived to witness the postwar turmoil of the Lost Generation. From humble beginnings in what...
Cavalry of the Air
An Illustrated Introduction to the Aircraft and Aces of the First World War
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2014
Many of the airmen of the First Word War who challenged both the enemy and death did not survive. These are their stories.
In the clinging mud and trench warfare of WWI, it was soon clear that the cavalry — the elite of the elite — would be of little use.
The dashing men and officers...