Wednesday, May 29, 2019

War Book Club Minutes: May 7th meeting


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


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