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    Fighting Words: Canada's Best War Reporting
    Fighting Words: Canada's Best War Reporting
    Fighting Words: Canada's Best War Reporting
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    Fighting Words: Canada's Best War Reporting

    By Mark Bourrie

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    A collection of the best journalism from Canada’s wars, from the time of the Vikings to the war in Afghanistan.

    Fighting Words is a collection of the very best war journalism created by or about Canadians at war. The collection spans 1,000 years of history, from the Vikings’ fight with North American Natives, through New France’s struggle for survival against the Iroquois and British, to the American Revolution, the War of 1812, the Rebellions of Lower and Upper Canada, the Fenian raids, the North-West Rebellion, the First World War, the Second World War, Korea, peacekeeping missions, and Afghanistan.

    Each piece has an introduction describing the limits placed on the writers, their apparent biases, and, in many cases, the uses of the article as propaganda. The stories were chosen for their impact on the audience they were written for, their staying power, and, above all, the quality of their writing.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDundurn
    Release dateSep 15, 2012
    ISBN9781459706682
    Fighting Words: Canada's Best War Reporting
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    Mark Bourrie

    Mark Bourrie is an Ottawa-based author, lawyer, and journalist. He holds a master’s in journalism from Carleton University and a PhD in history from the University of Ottawa. In 2017, he was awarded a Juris Doctor degree and was called to the bar in 2018. He has won numerous awards for his journalism, including a National Magazine Award, and received the RBC Charles Taylor Prize in 2020 for his book Bush Runner: The Adventures of Pierre-Esprit Radisson. His most recent book, Big Men Fear Me: The Fast Life and Quick Death of Canada’s Most Powerful Media Mogul, was nominated for several book awards.

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