March 2005
A Nationalist Giant
A young popular historian assesses Pierre Berton’s impressive legacy
Ken McGooganForeign Policy: The Youth Version
A Foreign Affairs maven assesses a bold new prescription for Canada abroad
David M. MaloneAn Embryonic Debate
The importance of shedding more light than heat on stem cell research
Françoise Baylis and Jocelyn DownieWhen Neighbours Kill
How scapegoating and the killing instinct produced Canada’s most memorable murder
John BemroseDark Sunshine
A daring and original exploration of the truth beneath a town’s colourful surface
Elizabeth HayUncooling the Counter-Culture
A cheeky book exposes the conformity at the heart of non-conformity
Rex Murphy“With Us or with the Terrorists”
A Canadian academic argues that the days of multilateral action are over
Michael BellRedressing Injustice
After 46 years, Japanese Canadians were finally compensated by Ottawa. A participant tells the story of the secret negotiations
Roy MikiThe Invisible War
How Canadian forces struggled—and still do—to stabilize the post-Cold War world
Lee WindsorSteeltown Magnolia
A second political memoir from a woman who seems not to learn from experience
Marian Botsford Fraser