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Vol. 11, N o 2, printemps 2011

Vol. 11, N o 2, printemps 2011

Vol. 11, No. 2, Spring 2011
Vol. 11, No. 2, Spring 2011
JOURNAL
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CANADIAN

CANADIAN MILITARY JOURNAL

Vol. 11, No. 2, Spring 2011 CONTENTS

3 EDITOR’S CORNER
4 VALOUR
SPECIAL FEATURE
7 The Canadian Forces in 2010 and 2011 –
Looking Back and Looking Forward
by General Walt Natynczyk

CANADIAN FORCES (CF) TRANSFORMATION

12 Outside CF Transformation Looking In
by Allan English
Cover
In All Our Sons Command ARCTIC STRATEGY
Painting by David Craig
20 Towards a Canadian Forces
Arctic Operating Concept
by Tony Balasevicius

MILITARY HISTORY
31 Vimy, April 1917:
The Birth of Which Nation?
by Jean Martin
38 Perpetual Interests…
The Admiralty Influence on
The Canadian Forces the Development of the Naval Service of Canada
in 2010 and 2011 – by Mark Tunnicliffe
Looking Back and
VIEWS AND OPINIONS
Looking Forward
47 A Rejection of the Need for Warrior Scholars?
by Bernd Horn
53 “What is to be done?”
The Future of Canadian Second World War History
by Jack Granatstein
59 Philosophy and the Military
by Manon Turgeon
62 Acquiring Expertise on the Chinese Military
by Richard Desjardins
66 BOOK REVIEWS
Outside CF
Transformation
Looking In

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Editorial Advisor Commentary

Michael Boire Martin Shadwick

Oversight Committee

Chairman

Towards a Canadian Major-General Daniel Gosselin, Commander, Canadian Defence Academy (CDA)
Forces Arctic
Operating Concept Members

Mr. David L. Bashow, Editor-in-Chief, CMJ Commodore William S. Truelove,

Commandant RMC
Dr. Joel Sokolsky, Principal, RMC
Colonel Bernd Horn, Chief of Staff LFDTS
Colonel Jim Cottingham, representing CAS
Dr. Lawrence McDonough, Director Learning
Commander Hugues Canuel, representing CMS and Innovation CDA

Major Andrew Godefroy, representing DGLCD Commander Guy Phillips, Deputy Director
Military Law Centre CDA

Hanya Soliman, representing CDI

Vimy, April 1917:

The Birth of Which Editorial Board
Nation?
Dr. Douglas Bland Lieutenant-Colonel (ret’d) David Last
Chief Warrant Officer J.M. Chiasson Dr. Chris Madsen
Lieutenant-Colonel Douglas Delaney Dr. Sean Maloney
Dr. Rocky J. Dwyer Professor Brian McKercher
Lieutenant-Colonel Michael Goodspeed Dr. Paul Mitchell
Major John Grodzinski Dr. Nezih Mrad
Dr. David Hall Dr. Scot Robertson
Commander Greg Hannah Professor Stéphane Roussel
Professor Michael Hennessy Professor Elinor Sloan
A Rejection of the Professor Hamish Ion Colonel (ret’d) Randall Wakelam
Need for Warrior Philippe Lagassé
Scholars?

N O T E T O R EA D ER S

As a bilingual journal, readers should take note that where citations in endnotes are translated from their
original language, we will use the abbreviation ‘TOQ’ at the end of the note to indicate that readers can find
the original citations in the other language version of the Journal.

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