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Canadian Forces, including Special Operations Forces, have played an outsize role in the conflict in Afghanistan, often under a cloak of secrecy. For the first time, Col.

This collection of essays explores how fighting in the rugged, hostile lands of Afghanistan is no easy task. Afghanistan has long been considered the graveyard of empires.

L'ouvrage intitulé Une guerre difficile : Points de vue sur l'insurrection et les FOS aborde les concepts théoriques liés aux insurrections et à la pratique de la guerre irrégulière.

The Difficult War: Perspectives on Insurgency and Special Operations Forces is a collection of essays that deals with theoretical concepts related to insurgency as well as to the practice of irregu

The twenty-first century has brought the perfect storm of conditions to create substantive global instability.

An exploration of Canadian Remembrance Day history, customs, and traditions. Who are the people who offered their lives in war? Why do we remember them? How do we honour their memory?

In 1880, two Inuit families from Labrador in northern Canada were exhibited in European zoos. Spectators flocked to the zoo exhibit expecting to see "exotics" from some "primitive race".

A 2-hour series about the tradition of Christmas mummering Long before Santa, Bing Crosby and the Mattel Toy Company stole the occasion, the Winter Solstice was celebrated with seasonal rituals lik

May 1940. Britain is losing the war. Churchill is desperate for bombers. Aircraft deliveries from U.S. factories are being ravaged by German U-Boats at sea.

This two-hour series is a revealing personal and professional portrait of Canadian singer and composer Joni Mitchell.

This two-hour series is a revealing personal and professional portrait of Canadian singer and composer Joni Mitchell.

Joelle Pouliot was a nurse with a comfortable life in Fredericton, New Brunswick. Then she volunteered for a 6-week stint with Medecins Sans Frontieres/Doctors Without Borders.

The Salvadoran Civil War was a conflict between the military-led government of El Salvador and the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN), a coalition of five left-wing guerrilla groups.

On the anniversary of Jimi Hendrix's death, a smoking-hot blues guitarist in a small Canadian city announces a tribute concert in a local tavern.

The Monarch butterfly is the marathon runner of the insect world.