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Lost in translation: Understanding tribal culture
Come Back to Afghanistan Said Hyder Akbar, Bloomsbury, 2005, 337pages, $14.50 The twelve-year old Pathan male shot his father’s killer......
Surfboard SEALs: A Canadian’s concept for a sea reconnaissance unit
Few among Canada’s military have enjoyed the distinction of creating a unit and then leading it into combat, but an......
A glimpse into Afghanistan
A Canadian medic aiding a badly injured Afghan child; a soldier in conversation with village elders; Canadian troops emerging from......
Music to their ears: A Pashtu-Canadian voice in Kandahar
Every minute they are listening to us is a minute they are not......
Re-evaluating the UN effect on Cyprus
If the battle of Lepanto had been won a few months earlier perhaps Famagasta would not have fallen. Its Venetian......
Restricting an unconventional response
Afghanistan & the Troubled Future of Unconventional Warfare Hy S. Rothstein Naval Institute Press, 2006, $34.95 Afghanistan has become an......
Long service medals
This is Part II of a series on long service medals. Part I appeared in the August/September issue. The Colonial......
Understanding Haiti
Haiti: Hope for a Fragile State Edited by Yasmine Shamsie and Andrew S. Thompson Wilfrid Laurier University Press, April 2006,......
NORAD: Renewing a unique partnership
For almost 50 years, the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) has served as a unique bi-national partnership. No such......
Paper promises or real defence purchases?
Hallelujah and hosannas. That seems to be the response of supporters to the Canadian Forces extraordinary string of June announcements.......