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The Weight of Command
Voices of Canada's Second World War Generals and Those Who Knew Them
J.L. Granatstein (Author)
9780774832991
Hardback, published 1 August 2016
312 pages, 16 b&w photos
22.9 x 15.2 x 2.8 cm, 0.6 kg
Three-quarters of a century after the Second World War, almost all the participants are gone. This book contains interviews with and about the Canadian who led the troops during that war. Edited and introduced by one of the foremost military historians of our time, this carefully curated collection brings to life the generals and their wartime experiences. The interviews are based on lengthy conversations that J.L. Granatstein had with the surviving generals, their key staff officers, fighters under their command, and their families. Generals McNaughton, Crerar, Simonds, Foulkes, and Burns are among those discussed. The content is revealing and conversations frank. Peers and subordinates alike scrutinize key commanders of the war, sometimes offering praise but often passing harsh judgment. We learn of their failings and successes – and of the heavy weight of command borne by all.
Introduction 1 THE GENERALS Major-General Bert Hoffmeister Major-General George Kitching Major-General Harry F.G. Letson Major-General Bruce Matthews 2 THE FIGHTERS Brigadier H.P. Bell-Irving Lieutenant-Colonel Peter Bennett Major-General M.P. Bogert Colonel J. Allan ("Ding") Calder Major-General W.J. Megill Lieutenant-General Robert Moncel Major-General Roger Rowley Major-General J. Desmond B. Smith Major-General James Tedlie Lieutenant-General Henri Tellier Major-General C.B. Ware Brigadier-General Denis Whitaker 3 THE STAFF Brigadier G. Edward Beament Lieutenant-General William A.B. Anderson Brigadier George Pangman Major Giles Perodeau Finlay Angus Morrison Major-General N. Elliot Rodger Lieutenant-General Geoffrey Walsh Major-General Robert P. Rothschild Lieutenant-General S.F. Clark Lieutenant-Colonel J. Douglas Crashley John W.H. Bassett Harold Morrison Colonel H.O. Moran Lieutenant-Colonel E.T. Winslow Major-General H.A. "Sparky" Sparling Colonel Robert Raymont Brigadier John D. (Jack) Christian Colonel Ernest A. Côté Lieutenant-Colonel Donald Mingay Brigadier P.A. Stanley Todd Colonel W. Clement Dick Brigadier-General R.T. Bennett Brigadier Frank Lace Brigadier Beverley Matthews Brigadier William Ziegler Rt. Hon. J.W. Pickersgill Lieutenant-Colonel Trumball Warren 4 THE FAMILIES Mrs. Margaret Palmer Peter Crerar Group Captain Victor C.H. Stuart Marguerite Stuart Shortreed Dr. Mary Burns Joseph Pope Major W.H. Pope Mrs. Simonne Pope Fletcher Tony Foster Peter Hertzberg Thea Hertzberg Gray Mrs. Dagmar Hertzberg Nation Mrs. Sherwood Lett George Montague P.K. (Patricia Katherine) Page Mrs. Helen Price Perodeau Mrs. Mary Plow Mr. Justice Joseph Potts Mrs. Betty Spry Malcolm and Atholl Sutherland-Brown W.F.R. Stein Colonel Malcolm Turner Major Fred Vokes Harvie Walford Peter Worthington Mrs. Clara "Larry" Worthington William Young Appendices List of Canadian Generals of the Second World War Table of Army Ranks and Responsibilities Selected Readings Index