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Adopt-a-Book Program 2023

The 2023 Adopt-a-Book List is now ready.  This year we have 87 Books available to be adopted.

The Friends thank all who supported Adopt-a-Book.

See List of Books below.

What is this program?

Each year, on April 1st, the Military History Research Centre of the Canadian War Museum provides the Friends charity with a list of titles they wish to acquire for enhancing the Centre’s research capability but are beyond its budget allocation resources.

Why is this program important?

Since the program’s inception over 1,180 titles with a value exceeding $50,000 have been sponsored on behalf of the Military History Research Centre. This generosity has enhanced the Centre’s international reputation, enabling Canadian and global researchers – through the Inter-library Loan Service – to pursue their studies in military history; and by extension add to the public understanding of wars and their impact on societies.

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?

Adopt-a-book or books and honour a person you admire.  Here is how.  Go to the Sponsor a Book page and follow the steps. Enter the required information, and in the ‘message box’ insert ‘Adopt-a-Book’ together with the listed number(s) and title(s) you wish to sponsor. If you wish, there is also a further box in which you may enter an ‘in memoriam’ or ‘dedication’. 

Adopt-a-Book Campaign 2023-2024

The books adopted during this campaign will help to ensure that the Military History Research Centre’s library continues to be the best collection of Canadian military history titles in the world. These books are the newest literature in the field, as well as books that help to fill in gaps in the library’s subject matter to ensure a comprehensive look at the subject. This year our offering is of 87 books of which 72 are in English and 17 in French. These books deal with a very large array of topics: from geopolitics and strategy to military tactics; personal experiences, including women’s perspective in war; general and military history through the ages; economic weapons, wargaming and photography.

The titles the MHRC library wishes to acquire are listed below. You may of course leave the selection of a title or titles to the campaign coordinator. In the event that a title has already been adopted, the coordinator will assign an alternate title of equal value. The library will then acquire the book(s) and inscribe the name of the sponsor and the “In Memorium” or “Dedication” on a bookplate in each volume.

Number TitleAuthor Price ($) Notes
1
Histoire mondiale de la guerre froideOdd Arne Westad 55.00 FR
2Victory In The Kitchen – Wartime Recipes IMWSOLDENG
3Dutchy’s DiariesHelen EdwardsSOLDENG
4
Patriots, Traitors and Empires
The Story of Korea’s Struggle for Freedom
Stephen Govans28.00ENG
5Mussolini Also Did A Lot of Good
The Spread of Historical Amnesia
Francesco FillippiSOLDENG
6
Washington’s Long War on SyriaStephen Govans27.00ENG
7Rwanda and the New Scramble for Africa
From Tragedy to Useful Imperial Fiction
Robin Philpot27.00ENG
8The Einstein File
The FBI’s Secret War Against the World’s Most Famous Scientist – New Updated Edition
Fred Jerome27.00ENG
9Slouching Towards Sirte
NATO’s War on Libya and Africa
Maximilian ForteSOLDENG
10
The Fleet Air Arm
David HobbsSOLDENG
11
Wartime IndustryNeil R. Storey20.00ENG
12
Tiger vs ChurchillNeil Grant24.00ENG
13
Radar in Scotland 1938–46
Ian BrownSOLDENG
14The Flying Sikh: The Story of a Ww1 Fighter Pilot – Flying Officer Hardit Singh MalikStephen Barker50.00ENG
15
Badges of the Territorial Infantry, 1914-1918David BiltonSOLDENG
16The Battle of Stalingrad through German EyesJonatha Trigg42.00
ENG
17
Nato and Warsaw Pact Tanks of the Cold WarMichael Green53.00ENG
18
Remarkable Women of the Second World WarVictoria Panton BaconSOLDENG
19
Churchill’s Arctic Convoys Strength Triumphs Over Adversity
William Smith45.00ENG
20
Lifesavers and Body Snatchers: Medical Care and the Struggle for Survival in the Great WarTim CookSOLDENG
21
Fight to the Finish: Canadians in the Second World War, 1944-1945Tim CookSOLDENG
22The Fight for History: 75 Years of Forgetting, Remembering, and Remaking Canada’s Second World WarTim CookSOLDENG
23
Battleships and Battle Cruisers: Selected Photos from the Archives of the Kure Maritime Museum The Best from the Collection of Shizuo Fukui’s Photos of Japanese WarshipsKure Maritime MuseumSOLDENG
24
De la Préhistoire au Moyen-ÂgeHervé Drévillon et Giusto Traina75.00FR
25
Inventions of the Great War
A Russell BondSOLDENG
26The Treaty of Versailles: A Captivating Guide to the Peace Treaty That Ended World War 1 and Its Impact on Germany and the Rise of Adolf HitlerCaptivating History40.00ENG
27
The Great War Illustrated 1914: Archive and Colour Photographs of WW1William LangfordSOLDENG
28
The Great War Illustrated 1915: Archive and Colour Photographs of WWIWilliam Langford, Jack HolroydSOLDENG
29
The Great War Illustrated 1916: Archive and Colour Photographs of WWIJack Holroyd SOLDENG
30The Great War Illustrated 1917: Archive and Colour Photographs of WWIWilliam LangfordSOLDENG
31The Great War Illustrated 1918: Archive and Colour Photographs of WWIRoni WilkinsonSOLDENG
32
The Role of Birds in World War One: How Ornithology Helped to Win the Great WarNicholas Milton35.00ENG
33
Asia in Flanders Fields: Indians and Chinese on the Western Front, 1914-1920Dominiek DendoovenSOLDENG
34
Airborne Anti-Submarine Warfare: From the First World War to the Present DayMichael E GlynnSOLDENG
35
The Battle of Cambrai 1917: Moeuvres and Bourlon, Cantaing and Graincourt to Flesquieres, Masnieres, Gouzeaucourt and GonnelieuJerry MurlandSOLDENG
36

Out of the Siege of Sarajevo: Memoirs of a Former Yugoslav
Jasna Levinger-GoySOLDENG
37
Wargaming CampaignsHenry Hyde100.00ENG

38

Paras in Action: Ready for Anything – The Parachute Regiment Through the Eyes of Those who Served
Jason WoodsSOLDENG

39
From Hunter to Hunted: The U-Boat in the Atlantic, 1939–1943Bernard EdwardsSOLDENG

40
L’Âge classique. XVe-XIXe sièclesHervé DrévillonSOLDFR

41
Supplying the British Army in the First World WarJanet MacdonaldSOLDENG

42
The Anglo-Soviet Alliance: Comrades and Allies During WW2Colin Turbett50.00ENG

43
The Second World WarBradley LightbodySOLDENG

44
Why Taiwan MattersShelley Rigger50.00ENG

45
Stalingrad le tournant de la guerreFrancois Kersaudy35.00FR

46
The Knight of the North AtlanticAaron HamiltonSOLDENG

47
The Battle for Burma 1942-1945Philip JowettSOLDENG

48
Camouflage: International Ground Force Patterns, 1946-2017Eric H LarsonSOLDENG

49
Victory at Sea: Naval Power and the Transformation of the Global Order in World War IIPaul KennedySOLDENG

51
The Geographies of WarJeremy Black60.00ENG

52
Dictionary of Fortifications: An Illustrated Glossary of Castles, Forts, and Other Defensive Works from Antiquity to the Present DayJean Denis Lepage50.00ENG

53
Laugh or Cry: The British Soldier on the Western Front, 1914-1918Peter Hart, Gary BainSOLDENG

54
Tommy’s War: British Military Memorabilia 1914-1918Peter Doyle35.00ENG
55
WWI Trench Systems
Douglas HardySOLDENG
56
Deserters of the First World War
Andrea Hetherington50.00ENG
57
Battle for Bocage
Tim Saunders50.00ENG

58
Supplying the British Army in the Second World WarJanet MacdonaldSOLDENG

59
St Nazaire Raid 1942Stephen Wynn35.00ENG
60
The First Blitz in 100 Objects Livre relié
Ian Castle50.00ENG

61
U-boats at War in 100 Objects 1939–1945Gordon Williamson50.00ENG

62
Royal Flying Corps kitbagMark Hillier50.00ENG
63
Images of the National Archives Cold War
Stephen Twigge25.00ENG
64

Eyewitness at Dieppe: The Only First-Hand Account of WWII’s Most Disastrous Raid
Ross WeyburnSOLDENG

65
Stealth War: How China Took Over While America’s Elite SleptRobert Spalding25.00ENG
66
The Hundred-Year Marathon: China’s Secret Strategy to Replace America as the Global Superpower 
Michael PillsburySOLDENG

67
Unrestricted Warfare: China’s Master Plan to Destroy AmericaQiao LiangSOLDENG
68
Winter is coming
Garry KasparovSOLDENG

69
Borderland: A Journey Through the History of UkraineAnna Reid25.00ENG

70
Les Cahiers d’Ukraine : journal d’une invasionIgortSOLDFR

71
Combattre pour l’Ukraine : 10 soldats racontentLasha OtkhmezuriSOLDFR

72
L’Ukraine : de l’indépendance à la guerre N. éd.Alexandra GoujonSOLDFR

73
La Seconde Guerre mondiale : les grands concepts expliquésCollectifsSOLDFR

74
La Guerre 1914-1918Christine SagnierSOLDFR

75
Infographie de la Seconde Guerre mondialeNicolas Aubin & AlSOLDFR

76
Code chaos : apprendre à dirigerJim Mattis Bing WestSOLDFR

77
200 questions, 200 réponses sur la Seconde Guerre mondialeJean LopezSOLDFR
78
Les Mythes de la Seconde Guerre Mondiale
Jean LopezSOLDFR

79
The Road to Unfreedom: Russia, Europe, AmericaTimothy SnyderSOLDENG

80
An Unladylike Profession
American Women War Correspondents in World War I
Chris DubbsSOLDENG

81
Dieppe a Necessary FailureHenry BucktonSOLDENG

82
Desert Armour – Tank warfare in North AfricaRobert ForczykSOLDENG

83
Bitter PeleliuJoseph Wheelan40.00ENG

84
Combat Divers: An illustrated history of Special Forces diversMichael G Welham54.00ENG

85
The soviet century: Archaeology of a Lost WorldKarl Schlögel55.00ENG
86
Guerre mondiales et impériales. 1870-1945
Hervé Drévillon et André Loez et al.SOLDFR
87
Guerre sans frontières. 1945 à nos jours
 
Louis Gautier, SOLDFR

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