Inside the May 2012 Issue
The Franklin Mystery
As Canada stakes its claim to the “New North,” the expedition’s lost wreckage has gone from Victorian fixation to strategic linchpin.
Nuremberg’s Forgotten Doppelganger
A review of The Mauthausen Trial: American Military Justice in Germany by Tomaz Jardim
Liberal Baggage
A review of When the Gods Changed: The Death of Liberal Canada by Peter C. Newman
Fossil Policies
A review of The Quest: Energy, Security and the Remaking of the Modern World by Daniel Yergin, Energy Myths and Realities: Bringing Science to the Energy Policy Debate and Energy Transitions: History, Requirements, Prospects by Vaclav Smil and Catching a Rising Tide: A Western Energy Vision for Canada by Sheila O’Brien and Shawna Ritchie
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Editor's Note
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Winnipeg's Sacred Monster
A review of A Fiery Soul: The Life and Theatrical Times of John Hirsch by Fraidie Martz and Andrew Wilson
Persuasive Posters
A review of Selling Canada: The Story Behind Three Great National Campaigns by Daniel Francis
Reporting the Future
A review of Distrust That Particular Flavor by William Gibson
I Help Anne Clear Out
Tragedy of Two
days end
You Wanted
The Complications of Colour
A review of The Tinsmith by Tim Bowling
The Enigmatic Monarch
A review of The Winter Palace by Eva Stachniak
Unchartered Waters
A review of Where To From Here? Keeping Medicare Sustainable by Stephen Duckett
Kill the Kids' Menu
A review of Outside the Box: Why Our Children Need Real Food, Not Food Products by Jeannie Marshall
The Book of Hours
A review of The Siesta and the Midnight Sun: How Our Bodies Experience Time by Jessa Gamble
Great War, Great Warriors?
A review of For King and Kanata: Canadian Indians and the First World War by Timothy Winegard
The Very Model of a Modern Governor General
A review of The Golden Age of Liberalism: A Portrait of Roméo LeBlanc by Naomi E.S. Griffiths
What Happened to Russia
A review of The Russian Quest for Peace and Democracy by Metta Spencer
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Letters and Responses
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Cover art and pictures throughout this issue by Norman Yeung.
Norman Yeung works in film, theatre and visual arts. Visit him at normanyeung.com.
Online Originals
Back from War
What do we know about the mental health of returning soldiers?
The Collapse of the Laurentian Consensus
On the westward shift of Canadian power - and values.
Writers in Exile: What Shuts Them Up?
Authors fleeing persecution today are haunted not just by memories, but the ongoing threat of reprisal.
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