Our very own David Borys has a new book coming out in September titled “Punching Above Our Weight: The Canadian Military at War Since 1867” published by Dundurn Press. The book is an easy to read, single volume history of Canada at war since 1867. This photograph-rich volume covers nearly 150 years of the Canadian military, tracing its evolution from a small, underfunded, poorly trained militia to the modern, effective military it is today   The book will be released on September 24th in Canada and October 22nd in the United States.    As part of the pre-sale campaign CCH is dropping a series of short readings by David from sections of the book.  For today’s story we go back to the late 19th century where heated debates rage throughout Canada regarding the nation’s role in the broader British empire. Some believe that Canada can continue to rely on Britain’s military assistance like it has always done, others are arguing for significant improvements to Canada’s current small and underfunded force, while others are adamant that Canada begin sending young Canadians to go overseas to fight for the empire as Britain becomes more and more embroiled in putting out imperial fires across its vast empire.  You can pre-purchase a copy right now at the below links: Amazon Indigo Dundurn Goodreads Indiebookstores.ca Get add free content at Patreon! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.