Canada’s Great War, 1914-1918: How Canada Helped Save the British Empire and Became a North American Nation

In Canada’s Great War, 1914-1918, historian Brian Douglas Tennyson argues that Canada’s enthusiasm had the ironic effect of bringing this British Dominion nation much closer to its southern neighbor, the United States, especially after the latter joined the fray.

Brian Douglas Tennyson read Modern History at the University of Toronto and Imperial History at the University of London. He has taught in the Department of History of Cape Breton University for many years, and was also Director of its Centre for International Studies, retiring Emeritus Professor in 2003. He was awarded the President’s Common Purposes Award and the Alumni Association’s Excellence in Teaching Award. He has written or edited fifteen books on Canadian political and military history, including most recently Merry Hell: The Story of the 25th (Nova Scotia) Battalion (University of Toronto Press) and The Canadian Experience of the Great War: A Guide to Memoirs (Scarecrow Press 2013).