The Good Allies
How Canada and the United States Fought Together to Defeat Fascism During the Second World War
$81.78
- Hardcover
576 pages
- Release Date
15 October 2024
Summary
From our country’s most important war historian, a gripping account of the turbulent relationship between Canada and the US during the Second World War. The two nations entered the war amidst rivalry and mutual suspicion, but learned to fight together before emerging triumphant and bound by an alliance that has lasted to this day.
When the Second World War broke out in 1939, it set in motion a deadly struggle between the Axis powers and the Allies, but also fraught negotiations betwee…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780735248205 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0735248206 |
| Author: | Tim Cook |
| Publisher: | Prentice Hall Press |
| Imprint: | Prentice Hall Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 576 |
| Release Date: | 15 October 2024 |
| Weight: | 837g |
| Dimensions: | 165mm x 235mm |
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Critics Review
One of The Hill Times’ Top 100 Best Books in 2024
Shortlisted for the 2025 Lionel Gelber Prize
“[Cook] takes on arguably his most ambitious topic yet—and succeeds brilliantly… . One of Cook’s many strengths as a military historian is that he equally understands political battlegrounds and the people and tactics involved… . Remarkably detailed—and wise.”
—Policy Magazine
“Tim Cook[’s] new and acclaimed work of nonfiction… . If you want to hear the riveting true tale of how Canada and the US united in mutual sacrifice and victory for the free world like you’ve never heard it before, make sure you treat yourself to a copy of Tim Cook’s The Good Allies.”
—Ottawa Life Magazine
“[Tim Cook’s] writing is lucid and … intelligent… . Refreshingly blunt… . The Good Allies will certainly give readers a greater appreciation of the United States’ good fortune in having a healthy, powerful democracy with whom to share the world’s longest international border. And … it reliably documents the great importance World War II had for Canada.”
—Open Letters Review
Tim Cook
Tim Cook is Chief Historian and Director of Research at the Canadian War Museum.
His bestselling books have won multiple awards, including:
- Four Ottawa Book Awards for Literary Non-Fiction
- Two C.P. Stacey Awards for the best book in Canadian military history
He has also received the following individual awards:
- 2008 J.W. Dafoe Prize for At the Sharp End
- 2018 J.W. Dafoe Prize for Vimy: The Battle and the Legend
- 2009 Charles Taylor Prize for Literary Non-Fiction for Shock Troops
- 2023 Ottawa Book Award for Lifesavers and Body Snatchers (which was also shortlisted for the 2022 Templer Medal for Best Book)
Cook is a frequent commentator in the media and is a member of the Royal Society of Canada and the Order of Canada.
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