Adopt-a-Book Program 2025
What is this program?
Each year, on April 1st, the Military History Research Centre of the Canadian War Museum submits a list of desired titles to the Friends charity. These titles are intended to enhance the Centre’s research capabilities but fall outside its budget allocation. This initiative aims to secure funding or support for acquiring valuable resources that will aid in military history research, enabling the Centre to better serve researchers, historians, and the public interested in this field.
Why is this program important?
Since the program’s inception, over 1,220 titles, valued at more than $55,000, have been sponsored for the Military History Research Centre. This generosity has significantly enhanced the Centre’s international reputation, allowing Canadian and global researchers to access valuable resources through the Inter-library Loan Service. As a result, these efforts enable researchers to pursue their studies in military history, thereby contributing to a broader understanding of wars and their effects on societies. This initiative not only supports academic research but also enriches public knowledge and appreciation of historical military events and their societal impacts.
Why should you support this program?
- Knowing that you are helping to enhance the capabilities of the Military History Research Centre and its international reputation for excellence;
- Knowing that you have contributed positive and practical support through the Friends charity for the on-going work of the Canadian War Museum as a national treasure.
- Knowing that each adopted title has your name inserted on the inside cover, hence a permanent record of your generosity; and
- Knowing that, in addition to your name, you have the ability to recognize another individual or group – living or departed – in tribute, or in memoriam;
How can I support?
You can adopt a book or multiple books to honor a person you admire. Here’s how you can participate:
- Visit the Sponsor a Book page on the Canadian War Museum’s website.
- Follow the provided steps to enter the required information.
- In the ‘message box,’ be sure to include ‘Adopt-a-Book’ along with the listed number(s) and title(s) you wish to sponsor.
- If you would like to make a tribute, there is an additional box where you can enter an ‘in memoriam’ or ‘dedication.’
This is a wonderful opportunity to recognize someone special while supporting the Military History Research Centre!
Adopt-a-Book Campaign 2025-2026
The books adopted during this campaign will play a crucial role in ensuring that the Military History Research Centre’s library remains the premier collection of Canadian military history titles globally. This year’s offering includes 57 books in both English and French, featuring the latest literature in the field while also addressing existing gaps in the library’s subject matter for a comprehensive overview of military history.
The selected titles cover a vast array of topics, such as:
- Geopolitics and strategy
- Military tactics
- Personal experiences, including women’s perspectives in war
- General and military history across different eras
- Economic weapons
- Wargaming
- Photography
The titles that the MHRC library aims to acquire are listed below. You may choose specific titles or allow the campaign coordinator to make selections on your behalf. If a title has already been adopted, an alternate title of equal value will be assigned.
Each adopted book will feature a bookplate inscribed with the sponsor’s name and any “In Memoriam” or “Dedication” message. This ensures that your contribution is commemorated and that you play a part in expanding the library’s valuable resources.
| Order Number-Numéro de commande | Title-Titre | Author-Auteur | No. of copies-Nombre de copies | Adopt-a-Book Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somewhere in Between: Three Weeks in Srebrenica and Other Stories of the War in Yugoslavia | T.N.M. Mykytiuk | 1 | $20.00 |
| 2 | Praxis Tacticum: The Art, Science and Practice of Military Tactics | Col. Charles S Oliviero | 1 | $25.00 |
| 3 | Tracks and Trenches: The 12th York Rangers in the First World War | John C. Thompson | 1 | $20.00 |
| 4 | Métis soldiers of Saskatchewan: 1914-1953 | Cathy Littlejohn | SOLD | $25.00 |
| 5 | One Lucky Devil: The First World War Memoirs of Sampson J. Goodfellow | Sampson J. Goodfellow | 1 | $20.00 |
| 6 | Pulse of International War | Oscar Drumheller Seawell | 1 | $29.00 |
| 7 | My Battle of the Atlantic | Donald Bowman | 1 | $17.00 |
| 8 | Mémoires de guerre Éd. Intégrale | Charles de Gaulle | 1 | $65.00 |
| 9 | The Killing Season :The Autumn of 1914, Ypres, and the Afternoon That Cost Germany a War | Robert Cowley | SOLD | $54.00 |
| 10 | Japanese Submarines in World War Two: Hirohito’s Silent Hunters in Action | Terry Treadwell | 1 | $70.00 |
| 11 | Launching Liberty-The Epic Race to Build Ships That Took Amaerica To War | Doug Most | 1 | $40.00 |
| 12 | Ring of fire | Alexandra Churchill | 1 | $47.00 |
| 13 | Victory ’45: The End of the War in Six Surrenders | James Hollandm, Al Murray | 1 | $44.00 |
| 14 | The Devil Reached Toward the Sky : An Oral History of the Making and Unleashing of the Atomic Bomb | Garrett m Graff | 1 | $45.00 |
| 15 | L’Armée ukrainienne : une histoire immédiate, 1991-2025 | Adrien Fontanellaz | 1 | $47.00 |
| 16 | Le D-Day de Churchill : les coulisses du Débarquement | Richard Dannatt | Allen Packwood | 1 | $20.00 |
| 17 | Vu de Russie : chroniques de guerre dans le camp ennemi | Thierry Marignac | 1 | $35.00 |
| 18 | Le Plus grand des maux : sociologie des guerres civiles | Gilles Dorronsoro | 1 | $48.00 |
| 19 | Les Poches de l’Atlantique et de Dunkerque : 1944-1945 | Stéphane Weiss | 1 | $41.00 |
| 20 | Les Armes et la chair : dire la guerre en trois objets | Stéphane Audoin-Rouzeau | 1 | $40.00 |
| 21 | World According to Military Targeting | Collectif | 1 | $79.00 |
| 22 | Codename Nemo | Charles Lachman | 1 | $30.00 |
| 23 | Couples dans la Grande Guerre : le tragique et l’ordinaire du lien conjugal | Clémentine Vidal-Naquet | 1 | $28.00 |
| 24 | Scorched Earth: A Global History of World War II | Paul Thomas Chamberlin | SOLD | $46.00 |
| 25 | Sky Warriors: British Airborne Forces in the Second World War | Saul David | 1 | $27.00 |
| 26 | The New Nuclear Age | Ankit Panda | 1 | $41.00 |
| 27 | Hyperguerre : comment l’IA révolutionne la guerre | Jean-Michel Valantin | 1 | $35.00 |
| 28 | L’OTAN : une alliance au service de la guerre | Medea Benjamin | David Swanson | 1 | $25.00 |
| 29 | The World of the Cold War: 1945-1991 | Vladislav Zubok | 1 | $49.00 |
| 30 | British Widows of the First World War: the Forgotten Legion | Andrea Hetherington | 1 | $46.00 |
| 31 | The Next War: Indications Intelligence in the Early Cold War | Timothy Andrews Sayle | 1 | $80.00 |
| 32 | Canadian History: A Captivating Guide to the History of Canada, French and Indian War, Klondike Gold Rush, and Quebec | 1 | $35.00 | |
| 33 | Low Attack: The Story of Two Mosquito Squadrons in World War Two | John Wooldridge | 1 | $16.00 |
| 34 | Death at the Edges of Empire Fallen Soldiers, Cultural Memory, and the Making of an American Nation, 1863–1921 | Shannon Bontrager | 1 | $60.00 |
| 35 | Spy Ships One Hundred Years of Intelligence Collection by Ships and Submarines | Norman Polmar and Lee J. Mathers | 1 | $35.00 |
| 36 | Empire between the Lines Imperial Culture in British and French Trench Newspapers of the Great War | Elizabeth Stice | SOLD | $60.00 |
| 37 | Enemies among Us The Relocation, Internment, and Repatriation of German, Italian, and Japanese Americans during the Second World War | John E. Schmitz | 1 | $65.00 |
| 38 | Cold War Resistance The International Struggle over Antibiotics | Marc Landas | 1 | $40.00 |
| 39 | Operation Rising Sun The Sinking of Japan’s Secret Submarine I-52 | David W. Jourdan | 1 | $35.00 |
| 40 | Policing Sex and Marriage in the American Military-The Court-Martial and the Construction of Gender and Sexual Deviance, 1950–2000 | Kellie Wilson-Buford | 1 | $50.00 |
| 41 | Workers of War and Empire from New France to British America, 1688–1783 | Richard H. Tomczak | 1 | $110.00 |
| 42 | Watching the Bear Canadian Intelligence Assessments of the Soviet Threat to North America, 1946–1964 | Alan Barnes | 1 | $110.00 |
| 43 | Armes secrètes de la CIA (Les) Tortures, manipulations et armes chimiques | Gordon Thomas | 1 | $40.00 |
| 44 | Du Saint-Laurent au Rhin Carnets de guerre, 1914-1918 | Joseph Alphonse Couture et Mourad Djebabla-Brun | 1 | $28.00 |
| 45 | Marqués du triangle rose | Ken Setterington | 1 | $18.00 |
| 46 | Repenser la multipolarité | Éric Mottet et Barthélémy Courmont | 1 | $35.00 |
| 47 | Les ailes d’une pionnière | Joanne Hamelin | 1 | $30.00 |
| 48 | Machine Guns & the Great War | Paul Cornish | SOLD | $28.00 |
| 49 | Tank Gun Systems – The First Thirty Years, 1916–1945: A Technical Examination | William Andrews | 1 | $65.00 |
| 50 | Artists And Authors At War | Henry Buckton | 1 | $46.00 |
| 51 | War Photographers – IWM Photo Collection | IWM | 1 | $13.00 |
| 52 | Weird War Two – Intriguing Items and Surprising Stuff from the Second World War | Peter Taylor | 1 | $18.00 |
| 53 | Voices of Victory | Geraint Jones | 1 | $41.00 |
| 54 | Night of the Bayonets: The Texel Uprising and Hitler’s Revenge – April-May 1945 | Eric Lee | 1 | $39.00 |
| 55 | Securing the Continental Skies-The Development of North American Air Defence Co-operation, 1945–1958 | Matthew Paul Trudgen | 1 | $110.00 |
| 56 | Cold War Workers-Labour, Family, and Community in a Nuclear State | Isabel Campbell | 1 | $40.00 |
| 57 | No Place Like Home: Enemy Alien Internment in Canada during the Great War | Bohdan S. Kordan | 1 | $25.00 |
