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Canonical name: Stacey, C. P.
Legal name: Stacey, Charles Perry
Birthdate: 1906-07-30
Date of death: 1989-11-17
Gender: male
Nationality: Canada
Birthplace: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Places of residence: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Education: University of Toronto
Princeton University
Corpus Christi, Oxford
Occupations: historian
university professor
military officer
Organizations: University of Toronto
Canadian Armed Forces
Awards and honors: OC
OBE
CD
FRSC

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An Introduction to Military History by Col. Charles Percy Stacey

A dull text book with some interesting examples of a very confusing discipline.

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DinadansFriend | Jun 17, 2024 |

The Victory Campaign. The Operations In North-West… by Colonel C. P. Stacey

From the landing at Juno Beach, through the awful grind in Belgium and Holland to the final burst across the North German plain this is the official account of the last phase of Canada's European WWII. The mapping is very good, and the prose is clear. If you are interested in the clearing of Antwerp, and why the Allied Armies ate in the winter of 1944 -45, this book gives a big part ofthe explanation. More Americans should read it.

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DinadansFriend | Apr 6, 2022 |

Policy by other means; essays in honour of C. P.… by C. P. Stacey

A Collection of Essays by presumably grateful students. He was a considerable historian of Canada's WWII Army and a competent but not engaging writer.

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DinadansFriend | Jun 26, 2016 |

Six years of war : the army in Canada, Britain and… by C. P. Stacey

though not a lively read, this is volume one of the Official History of the Canadian Army in the second world War. It has as high points the defence of Hong Kong and the raid on Dieppe. It begins with a short description of the Canadian Militia from the peace of 1918 to the outbreak of the war in 1939. Then we cover the domestic matters regarding recruitment and training. The Army in Britain follows with the raid on Dieppe. The War in the Pacific, with the defense of Hong Kong, and the action in the Aleutians. Useful rather than entertaining.… (more)

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DinadansFriend | Dec 28, 2013 |

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