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Essays in Honour of Terry Copp
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Order online and receive a 25% discount $42.95 Paper, 500 pp. ISBN13: 978-1-55458-629-5 Release Date: Forthcoming |
Book Description
Terry Copp’s tireless teaching, research, and writing has challenged generations of Canadian veterans, teachers, and students to discover an informed memory of their country’s role in the Second World War. This collection, drawn from the work of Terry’s colleagues and former students, considers Canada and the Second World War from a wealth of perspectives.
Social, cultural, and military historians address topics under five headings: The Home Front, The War of the Scientists, The Mediterranean Theatre, Normandy/Northwest Europe, and The Aftermath. The questions considered are varied and provocative: How did Canadian youth and First Nations peoples understand their wartime role? What position did a Canadian scientist play in the Allied victory and in the peace? Were veterans of the Mediterranean justified in thinking theirs was the neglected theatre? How did the Canadians in Normandy overcome their opponents but not their historians? Why was a Cambridge scholar attached to First Canadian Army to protect monuments? And why did Canadians come to commemorate the Second World War in much the same way they commemorated the First?
The study of Canada in the Second World War continues to challenge, confound, and surprise. In the questions it poses, the evidence it considers, and the conclusions it draws, this important collection says much about the lasting influence of the work of Terry Copp.
Foreword by John Cleghorn.
About Geoffrey Hayes, Mike Bechthold, and Matt Symes
A graduate of WLU and Western, Geoffrey Hayes is a former student and long-time friend of Terry Copp. He teaches Canadian political and military history at the University of Waterloo. He is the co-editor of Vimy Ridge: A Canadian Reassessment (WLU Press, 2007) and Afghanistan: Transition under Threat (WLU Press, 2008).
Mike Bechthold is the managing editor of Canadian Military History and the communications director of the Laurier Centre for Military Strategic and Disarmament Studies. He teaches military history at Wilfrid Laurier University and has published numerous articles on Canada and the Second World War.
Matt Symes is a PhD candidate at Wilfrid Laurier University. He works as the publications manager for the Laurier Centre for Military Strategic and Disarmament Studies and as the online editor for canadianmilitaryhistory.ca. With Eric McGeer, Matt has published three Battlefield Guides on the Italian Campaign in the Second World War.
Related interest
By the same editor
The Canadian Battlefields in Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany: A Visitor’s Guide, Terry Copp, and Mike Bechthold
The Canadian Battlefields in Northern France: Dieppe and the Channel Ports, Terry Copp, and Mike Bechthold
The Canadian Battlefields in Normandy: A Visitor’s Guide, 3rd Edition, Terry Copp, and Michael Bechthold
I Luoghi Della Battaglia: Ortona, Eric McGeer, Matt Symes, and Angela Arnone
The Canadian Battlefields in Italy: Ortona and the Liri Valley, Eric McGeer, and Matt Symes
The Canadian Battlefields in Italy: Sicily and Southern Italy, Eric McGeer, Terry Copp, and Matt Symes
Vimy Ridge: A Canadian Reassessment, Geoffrey Hayes, editor, Andrew Iarocci, editor, and Mike Bechthold, editor
Afghanistan: Transition under Threat, Geoffrey Hayes, editor, and Mark Sedra, editor
The Lincs: A History of the Lincoln and Welland Regiment at War, 2nd Edition, Geoffrey Hayes