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Article: Saints, Sinners, and Soldiers: Canada's Second World War.(Book review)
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- American Review of Canadian Studies
- Article date:
- March 22, 2006
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Jeffrey A. Keshen. Saints, Sinners, and Soldiers: Canada's Second World War. Vancouver: UBC Press, 2004. x + 389 pp. $34-95 cloth.
To say that the Second World War was Canada's "good war" may raise some eyebrows. Such a comment, of course, is relative, and in this case is a direct comparison to the preceding war of 1914-1918. Both wars resulted in massive casualties; however, it is in the public perception that we see the greatest difference between these two conflicts. The First World War is universally regarded as a tragic event, one that could have been avoided had it not been for the vanity of the empirical powers. The Second World War, however, had an ...