War Book Club minutes: titles discussed:
Britannia’s Navy: on the west coast of North America,
1812-1914/Barry M. Gough:
Canada Under Attack: Irish-American veterans of the Civil
War and their Fenian campaign to conquer Canada/Cheryl MacDonald:
Gunboats on the Great Lakes, 1866-68: the British Navy’s
show of force at the time of Confederation/Cheryl MacDonald:
Hunting Eichmann: how a band of survivors and a young spy
agency chased down the world’s most notorious Nazi/Neal Bascomb:
The Last Invasion of Canada: the Fenian raids,
1866-1870/Hereward Senior:
Ridgeway: The American Fenian Invasion and the 1866 battle
that made Canada/Peter Vronsky:
Unit 731: Laboratory of the Devil, Auschwitz of the East –
Japanese Biological Warfare in China, 1933-45/Yanjun Yang & Yue-him Tam:
When the Irish invaded Canada: the incredible true story of
the Civil War veterans who fought for Ireland’s freedom/Christopher Klein:
Next meeting: Tuesday, June 4th at 7 pm – topic –
what else? – D-Day…or whatever you happen to be reading.
Cheers, Warren James
