Jack Lawrence Granatstein (May 21, 1939) is a Canadian

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who specializes in Canadian political and

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Education

Born on May 21, 1939, in

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, Ontario, Granatstein received a graduation diploma from

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in 1959, his

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degree from the

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in 1961, his

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degree from the

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in 1962, and his

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degree from

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in 1966.

Career

Granatstein is author of ''

Who Killed Canadian History? ''Who Killed Canadian History?'' is a 1998 book by the Canadian historian J. L. Granatstein. The book argues that Canadians lack national unity because of their failure to teach their country's history. Granatstein contends that multicultura ...

'' and other books, including ''Yankee Go Home?'', ''

Who Killed The Canadian Military? ''Who Killed the Canadian Military?'' is a 2004 non-fiction book by J. L. Granatstein, a Canadian historian and military veteran. It examines and critiques the dilapidated state of the Canadian military. It also argues that a well-funded and well ...

'', and ''Victory 1945'' (with Desmond Morton). Granatstein served as director of the

Canadian War Museum The Canadian War Museum (CWM) () is a National museums of Canada, national museum on the military history of Canada, country's military history in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The museum serves as both an educational facility on Canadian military hist ...

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from 1998 to 2001 supported the building of the museum's new home that opened in 2005.

Family

Granatstein married Elaine Hitchcock in 1961 until her death in 2012. They had two children, Carole and Michael. He later married Linda Grayson until her death in 2019.

Bibliography

Best Little Army in the World
(2015)

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, preview from

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* ''Canada's Army: Waging War and Keeping the Peace'' (2002) overview of Canadian military history ** Second Edition published 2011 with several new chapters about both Afghanistan and the effect of increased federal funding. * ''

'' (1998) argues that national history has become too splintered for the nation's good
online
* ''

Whose War Is It? {{Infobox book , name = Whose War Is It? , title_orig = , translator = , image = Whose War Is It book cover.png , caption = First edition cover , author = Jack Granatstein (published ''J ...

'' (2007) critique of Canadian foreign policy and defence * ''

Who Killed the Canadian Military? ''Who Killed the Canadian Military?'' is a 2004 non-fiction book by J. L. Granatstein, a Canadian historian and military veteran. It examines and critiques the dilapidated state of the Canadian military. It also argues that a well-funded and well ...

'' (2004) critique of the Canadian military * ''Prime Ministers: Ranking Canada's Leaders'' (1999) with Norman Hillmer. * ''Yankee Go Home?: Canadians and Anti-Americanism'' (1996) Granatstein maintains that what began as a justifiable fear of invasion eventually became a tool of the economic and political elites bent on preserving their power. At first, anti-Americanism was largely the Tory way of keeping pro-British attitudes uppermost in the minds of Canadians. Later, with the right wing embracing the free-trade deal, it became the most important weapon of the nationalist left. * ''Canada's War: The Politics of the Mackenzie King Government, 1939–1945'' political manoeuvres of the King government during World War I
online
* ''The Ottawa Men: The Civil Service Mandarins, 1935–1957'' (1982)

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examines the development of the federal civil service and its contribution to Canada's coming of age as a nation
online
** reissued (2015

by Rock's Mills Press, with a new introduction surveying research since 1982, and more photographs. * ''Mackenzie King'' (1975), for secondary students
online
* ''Spy Wars: Espionage and Canada From Gouzenko to Glasnost'' (1990) with David Stafford

References

External links

Order of Canada citation
a

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Jack Granatstein
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online copies of his books
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