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Tim Cook is a military historian at the Canadian War Museum, as well as an adjunct professor at Carleton University. His books have won numerous awards, including the 2008 J.W. Dafoe Prize for At the Sharp End and the 2009 Charles Taylor Prize for Literary Non-Fiction for Shock Troops. In 2013, he received the Pierre Berton Award for popularizing Canadian history and was recently inducted into the Order of Canada. He lives in Ottawa with his family.
Tim Cook is a military historian at the Canadian War Museum, as well as an adjunct professor at Carleton University. His books have won numerous awards, including the 2008 J.W. Dafoe Prize for At the Sharp End and the 2009 Charles Taylor Prize for Literary Non-Fiction for Shock Troops. In 2013, he received the Pierre Berton Award for popularizing Canadian history and was recently inducted into the Order of Canada. He lives in Ottawa with his family.
TIM COOKis Chief Historian and Director of Research at the Canadian War Museum. His bestselling books have won multiple awards, including three Ottawa Book Awards for Literary Non-Fiction and two C.P. Stacey Awards for the best book in Canadian military history. In 2008 he won the J.W. Dafoe Prize forAt the Sharp Endand again in 2018 forVimy-The Battle and the Legend.Shock Troopswon the 2009 RBC Taylor Prize for Literary Non-Fiction. Cook is a frequent commentator in the media, and a member of the Royal Society of Canada and the Order of Canada.
"[Cook] has cemented his place in the top rank of historians. . . .
He is painting a complete picture in [Fight to the Finish], from
the muddy, feces-infested slit trenches dug in haste across
northern France, to the gory operating theatres where the young men
lived or died in agony, to the harsh [prisoner of war] camps in
eastern Germany. . . . [Fight to the Finish and The Necessary War]
should be on the library shelf of anyone interested in the story of
Canada's Second World War, warts and all." —Ottawa Citizen
Praise for The Necessary War, Volume 1:
“A genuinely captivating work of historical reportage and analysis.
. . . The Necessary War grapples with the question of how one lives
knowing each day might literally be your last.” —The Globe and
Mail
“A clear-eyed look at the successes and many failures of Canada’s
early war effort, within the larger context of the international
story and the situation of the times.” —Ottawa Citizen
“The Necessary War is the ultimate exploration of WWII and its
impact of Canadians. . . . A thorough and engaging chronicle of a
war that devastated the entire world.” —CBC Books
“I’ve read well-written books that explain this war from the
government and military hierarchy’s persepctive, and equally
crafted accounts drawing mainly from combatants’ and families’
diaries. The Necessary War excels in both areas.” —FFW Weekly
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