For all but a few specialists, Canada's military history has been a largely unexplored terrain. Most Canadians have heard of the victory at Vimy Ridge in 1917, they may know about the Royal Canadian Air Force's role in Woarld War II, and they will recollect that Canada has troops scattered around the world on United Nations peacekeeping operations. But until now there was no single volume where a reader could find the essential information on all...