More than a century has passed since Armistice Day, and no men or women who served or fought behind the lines survive. Nonetheless, interest in the Great War remains high, and new material and new approaches continue to emerge. The Canadian Letters & Images Project, run on a shoestring out of Vancouver Island University, posts illuminating correspondence on its website, for instance, while the Military Museums of Calgary and the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa, among others, hold large archival collections. Military historians throughout the country produce works on all aspects of the conflict each year. The edited diary of a division commander in the Canadian Corps and a graphic history of the struggle are just two recent examples.
David Watson was a newspaperman before...
J. L. Granatstein writes on Canadian political and military history. His many books include Canada’s Army: Waging War and Keeping the Peace.
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