John Cunningham Reviews Tales Peopled with Local Personalities of Distant Germanic Origin During First World War
byThe vote on whether military service should be mandatory created its own localized pocket of division within Lunenburg County
First World War
Reading Books of War
byWar never ends; its impacts haunt the generations and the stories are innumerable, and always worthy of consideration
The Significance of Disaster 100 Years On
by100 years after the event, in our rush to glorify Canada’s participation in the First World War, we too easily forget that had it not been for the war the Halifax Disaster would not have occurred
Remembrance Day Reads
byAtlantic Canada’s long military history has inspired some of its most important books
The Winter Issue of Atlantic Books Today is Here
byOur latest issue dives deep into stories of the Halifax Explosion, truth and fiction and for young readers, on the occasion of its centennial
Zemel’s Biography of the Halifax Explosion Scapegoat
byThe Halifax Disaster was collateral damage, incidental to the world war in which Canada was so heavily involved