Adopt-a-Book Program 2026 – Coming Soon
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 Friends of 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 2026-2027
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.
| # | Title | Author | Available | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Libre d’obéir | Johan Chapouto | 1 | $50 |
| 2 | Petites leçons sur la guerre : ou comment défendre la paix sans avoir peur de se battre | Guillaume Ancel | 1 | $40 |
| 3 | The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America’s Shining Women | Kate Moore | 1 | $30 |
| 4 | L’interrogatoire : Sur les traces de la Crise d’Octobre 1970 | Louise Lanctôt | 1 | $25 |
| 5 | Ripples of War | Michael Petrou, Tim Cook, & Andrew Burtch | 1 | $35 |
| 6 | “The Unequal Dialogue – Canadian Civil-Military Relations, 1950–2025” | Peter Kasurak | 1 | $100 |
| 7 | “The Air Marshals – Canadian Air Force Commanders, 1920-1964” | Richard Mayne & Mike Bechthold Foreword by Lt-Gen Jamie Speiser-Blanchet | 1 | $50 |
| 8 | In the Shadow of the Manhattan Project-Radium, Fraud, and Secrecy at Eldorado | Patricia McMahon & Robert Bothwell | 1 | $30 |
| 9 | “A Wartime Finance Minister – The Economic Legacy of J.L. Ilsley” | Colin Campbell | 1 | $50 |
| 10 | “Building a Special Relationship Canada-US Relations in the Eisenhower Era, 1953–61” | Asa McKercher and Michael D. Stevenson | 1 | $35 |
| 11 | “Stay Alive – Berlin, 1939-1945” | Ian Buruma | 1 | $50 |
| 12 | Something Rotten: Land Command in the 21st Century | Jim Storr | 1 | $65 |
| 13 | The Human Face of War | Jim Storr | 1 | $30 |
| 14 | Erasing History: How Fascists Rewrite the Past to Control the Future | Jason Stanley | 1 | $40 |
| 15 | The Changing Face of Aerial Warfare: 1940-Present Day | Anthony Tucker-Jones | 1 | $30 |
| 16 | Eagle Days: Life and Death for the Luftwaffe in the Battle of Britain | Victoria Taylor | 1 | $35 |
| 17 | Air Power in the Malayan Emergency, 1948-1960 | Air Ministry Personnel | 1 | $50 |
| 18 | How the United States Would Fight China | Franz Stefan Gady | 1 | $40 |
| 19 | Cold War Britain: Fifty years in the shadow of the bomb | Fraser McCallum | 1 | $50 |
| 20 | The Airborne Mafia: The Paratroopers Who Shaped America’s Cold War Army | Robert F. Williams | 1 | $40 |
| 21 | Flying Camelot: The F-15, the F-16, and the Weaponization of Fighter Pilot Nostalgia | Micael W. Hankins | 1 | $45 |
| 22 | Russian Military Thought: The Evolution of Strategy Since the Crimean War | Gudrun Persson | 1 | $40 |
| 23 | The Air War in Ukraine: The First Year of Conflict | Dag Henriksen | 1 | $80 |
| 24 | Euclid’s Army: Preparing Land Forces for Warfare Today | William F. Owen | 1 | $40 |
| 25 | The Rise and Fall of the British Army, 1975-2025 | Ben Barry | 1 | $40 |
| 26 | Professionals Talk Logistics: Sustaining Strategy and Operations | Jon Klug | 1 | $40 |
| 27 | Ground Combat: Puncturing the Myths of Modern War | Ben Connable | 1 | $50 |
| 28 | Help From Above: Air Force Close Air Support of the Army, 1946-1973 | John Schlight | 1 | $25 |
| 29 | La vérité sur la bataille des Plaines d’Abraham : les huit minutes de tirs d’artillerie qui ont façonné un continent | D. Peter MacLeod | 1 | $35 |
| 30 | “Notre homme à Téhéran : Ken Taylor, la CIA et la crise iranienne des otages Ken Taylor, la CIA et la crise iranienne des otages” | Robert Wright | 1 | $35 |
| 31 | Un chantier, une nation. Davie, 200 ans d’histoire | Catherine Ferland et Éric Dussault | 1 | $60 |
| 32 | Davie: A Shipyard’s Journey Through Time. Celebrating 200 Years | Catherine Ferland et Éric Dussault | 1 | $60 |
| 33 | Patriotes vus par Lionel Groulx (Les) Manuscrit inédit du cours de 1925 | Lionel Groulx et Gilles Laporte | 1 | $30 |
| 34 | Les Ennemis français de la race anglaise-Les lettres d’Adam Thom au gouverneur en chef des Canadas, 1836 | François Deschamps et Adam Thom | 1 | $30 |
| 35 | Armes à feu en Nouvelle-France (Les) | Russel-Aurore Bouchard | 1 | $20 |
| 36 | “P.S. Burn after Reading” The Kellock-Taschereau Commission and Soviet Espionage in Canada” | Reinhold Kramer and Tom Mitchell | 1 | $90 |
| 37 | Korea: War Without End | Richard Dannatt,Robert Lyman | 1 | $40 |
| 38 | America’s Wars: Interventions, Regime Change, And Insurgencies After The Cold War | Thomas H. Henriksen | 1 | $25 |
| 39 | Le Projet N: Grosse-Île, l’arme secrète de la Seconde Guerre mondiale | Yves Bernard-Vincent Frogon | 1 | $25 |
| 40 | “War and Peace and War – The Rise and Fall of Empires” | Peter Turchin | 1 | $25 |
| 41 | “The War Within a War – The Black Struggle in Vietnam and at Home” | Wil Haygood | 1 | $40 |
| 42 | Marquage des vehicules americains 1944 | Jean Bouchery | 1 | $55 |
| 43 | Dying to Win: The Strategic Logic of Suicide Terrorism | Robert Pape | 1 | $24 |
| 44 | Bombing to Win: Air Power and Coercion in War | Robert Pape | 1 | $55 |
| 45 | Les véhicules alliés du D-Day | Francis Dreer | 1 | $70 |
| 46 | La 3e Division d’infanterie Canadienne | Ed Storey | 1 | $30 |
| 47 | Interviewing Hitler: How George Ward Price Became the World’s Most Famous Journalist | Richard Evans | 1 | $18 |
| 48 | U-Boat Prey: Merchant Sailors At War, 1939-1942 | Philip Kaplan | 1 | $35 |
| 49 | Swivel-Guns – Breechloaders And Muzzleloaders | Ralph Gallwey | 1 | $25 |
| 50 | Aleutian Islands: The U.S. Army Campaigns of World War II | U S Army Center of Military History | 1 | $15 |
| 51 | From Boiled Beef to Chicken Tikka: 500 Years of Feeding the British Army | Janet MacDonald | 1 | $60 |
| 52 | Bombs Away!: World War II, and Canada’s Response to the Crisis | M. G. Bucholtz | 1 | $25 |
| 53 | The Nazi Menace: Hitler, Churchill, Roosevelt, Stalin, and the Road to War | Benjamin Carter Hett | 1 | $40 |
| 54 | Logistics In The Falklands War | Kenneth L. Privratsky | 1 | $50 |
| 55 | Surrogate Warfare: The Transformation of War in the Twenty-First Century | de Andreas Krieg & Jean-Marc Rickli | 1 | $50 |
| 56 | Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Charles Portal: One of the Greatest Allied Leaders of WW2 | Richard Michael Milburn | 1 | $45 |
| 57 | “The Return of Great Powers : Russia, China, and the Next World War” | Jim Scuttio | 1 | $40 |
| 58 | “Chrétien and the World – Canadian Foreign Policy from 1993 to 2003” | Jack Cunningham and John Meehan | 1 | $45 |
