Fighting Words

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 1000 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.