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paper wraps. Condizione: Very Good. pict. paper covers, 336 pages : illustrations, edited by Bernd Horn and Roch Legault ; foreword by J.H.P.M. Caron, a very good copy, CONTENTS: FOREWORD; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE: Hertel and Canada's First Tacticians in the Seventeenth Century; CHAPTER TWO: Marin and Langis: Master Practitioners of La Petite Guerre; CHAPTER THREE: Ascending to Leadership: The Militia Commanders of Montreal, Lower Canada (1790-1839); CHAPTER FOUR: Adolphe Caron: Canada's Successful War Minister; CHAPTER FIVE: The Military Career of Colonel Oscar Pelletier: An Example of French-Canadian Leadership Before the First World War; CHAPTER SIX: The Strength of Character: Major-General F.L. Lessard. French Canadians have a long, proud history of serving their nation. From the earliest beginnings, French Canadians assisted in carving out and defending the nascent country. They were critical as defenders and as allies against hostile Natives and competing European powers. In the aftermath of the conquest, they continued, albeit under a different flag, to defend Canada. Loyal Service examines the service of a number of French-Canadian leaders and their contributions to the nation during times of peace, crisis, and conflict spanning the entire historical spectrum from New France to the end of the twentieth century Size: 8vo.. Book. …