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In the summer of 2008, General Rick Hillier retired as Chief of the Defence staff of the Canadian Forces. You could almost hear the sigh of relief in Ottawa as Canada's most popular, and most controversial, military leader since the second World War left a role in which he'd been as frank, unpredictable and resolutely apolitical as any of his predecessors ...
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A soldier first: bullets, bureaucrats and the politics of war
2009, HarperCollins
in English
- 1st ed.
1554684919 9781554684915
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Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Breakfast with the PM
Newfoundland Days
Basic Training
Between a Rock and a Hard Place
Tanks, but No Tanks
Striking It Rich in Fort Knox
Germany
Decade of Darkness
Bosnia
A Flood of Affection
Thawing the Ice
Fort Hood, Texas
Back to Bosnia
Friendly Fire
Four Stars
Kabul
Chief of the Defence Staff
First Year on the Job
Recruiting the Nation
Defensive Manoeuvres
Making Canada Small
Highway of Heroes
Final Days
Time to go.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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