Joseph Marc Milner, (born 12 April 1954) is a

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military and naval historian, author of several books including one novel. He is Director of the Gregg Centre for the Study of War and Society at the

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Early life and education

The son of William Clayton Milner and Rita Mary Legere Milner, he was born and raised in Sackville, New Brunswick, and attended

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from which he graduated in 1973. Going on to university, he graduated from the

with a

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degree in 1977, and from the same university earned his

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degree in 1979 with a thesis on "Canadian escorts and the mid Atlantic 1942–1943". He earned his

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there in 1983, completing a doctoral dissertation titled "No higher purpose: the Royal Canadian Navy's mid-Atlantic war 1939–1944".

Career

Upon completion of his PhD, Milner began his professional career in 1983 as an historian in the Directorate of History, National Defense Headquarters, where he served until 1986, when the University of New Brunswick appointed him an

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of history and director of its military and strategic studies program. Rising to full professor, he became chairman of the history department, 2002–2010, and since 2006 Director of the university's Brigadier

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, VC, Centre for the Study of War and Society. He was the recipient of the

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in 2004 for his book ''Battle of the Atlantic''. Milner is fond of sailing, has cruised various Atlantic Canadian shorelines in his 16-foot daysailer, and spent time "before the mast" on the tall ship HMS ''Rose'' between Boston and Halifax, Nova Scotia. He is married and has two children.

Publications

;Author *''Canadian Naval Force Requirements in the Second World War'' (1981). *''North Atlantic Run: The Royal Canadian Navy and the Battle for the Convoys'' (1985, 2005)) *''The U-Boat Hunters: The Royal Canadian Navy and the Offensive Against Germany's Submarines, 1943–1945'', US Naval Institute Press (November 1994) *''HMCS Sackville, 1941–1985'', Canadian Naval Memorial Trust (1998) *''Canada's Navy : The First Century'', University of Toronto Press (1999, 2010, 2017) *''Incident at North Point'', Vanwell Publishing Ltd (April 17, 2003) (novel) *''Battle of the Atlantic'', Tempus Publishing Ltd (September 2005) *''D-Day to Carpiquet: The North Shore Regiment and the Liberation of Europe'', Goose Lane Editions & New Brunswick Military Heritage Project (New Brunswick Military Heritage Series) (May 2007) *''New Brunswick and the Navy: Four Hundred Years'' (2010) *''Stopping the Panzers: The Untold Story of D-Day''. (Modern War Studies.) Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 2014 ;With Robert Power: *''Survey of Historical Resources in

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(1979). ;With Ken MacPherson: *''Corvettes of the Royal Canadian Navy: 1939–1945.'' Vanwell Pub Ltd. (Feb 28 1994) ;With D. Charters and B. Wilson: *''Defence Policy for a New Century: The UNB Workshop on the Defence Policy Review (1994) *''Military History and the Military Profession'' (1992) ;With Lee Windsor and Roger Sarty *''Loyal Gunners: 3rd Field Artillery Regiment (The Loyal Company) and the History of New Brunswick's Artillery, 1893-2012.'' Wilfrid Laurier University Press (2016)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Milner, Marc 1954 births Historians of World War II Canadian military historians University of New Brunswick alumni University of New Brunswick faculty Canadian naval historians Canadian male non-fiction writers Living people People from Sackville, New Brunswick