Vol. 6, No. 4, Winter 2005 – 2006

Liberation of Almelo

Painting by Bruno Bobak
CN11942

ISSN 1492-465X

Contents

Messages

Editor’s Corner

Letter to the Editor

Canadian Forces Transformation

From Minister Hellyer to General Hillier: Understanding the Fundamental Differences between the Unification of the Canadian Forces and its Present Transformation

by Brigadier-General Daniel Gosselin and Doctor Craig Stone

The Great White North

Renaissance in Canadian Arctic Security?

by Doctor Rob Huebert

“Great Game in a Cold Climate”: Canada’s Arctic Sovereignty in Question

by Lieutenant-Commander Guy Killaby

The Northwest Passage in Context

by Andrea Charron

The Canadian Rangers: A “Postmodern” Militia that Works

by P. Whitney Lackenbauer

Military Economics

The Hidden Cost of Operations: Foreign Exchange Risk Management in the Canadian Department of National Defence

by Doctor Naceur Essaddam, Major Christopher H. Bucar and Major Richard A. Groves

Special Operations

Canadian Special Operations Forces: Transforming Paradigms

by Doctor J. Paul de B. Taillon

Air Power

Improving Aircrew Interoperability in Coalition Warfare: Examining the Human Dimension of the Air Power Equation

by Colonel Greg Matte

History

The Early Problems of a Famous Militia Regiment: Why the 86^th Regiment Was Disbanded

by Doctor Desmond Morton

A Bridge Too Far: The Canadian Role in the Evacuation of the British 1^st Arnhem-Oosterbeek, September 1944

by David Bennett

Views and Opinions

Terrorism: Global Insecurity or Global Hyperbole?

by Louis A. Delvoie

Peacekeeping Then, Now and Always

by Doctor A. Walter Dorn

Commentary

by Martin Shadwick

Book Reviews

Aces, Warriors & Wingmen: Firsthand Accounts of Canada’s Fighter Pilots in the Second World War

Rules of Engagement: A Life in Conflict

All Tigers, No Donkeys
A Canadian Soldier in Croatia, 1994-1995

Leadership and Responsibility in the Second World War

Understanding Military Culture: A Canadian Perspective