Though the French and British colonies in North America began on a 'level playing field', French political conservatism and limited investment allowed the Briti

The quest to write a geographical book leading up to the two-hundredth anniversary of this conflict, known as the War of 1812, that created two North American c

Sometime in the near future a major war breaks out in the Middle East. The oil fields in the region are destroyed. As the price of oil "explodes" around the wor

Updated to 2007, including Canada’s war on terrorism. Is Canada really “a peaceable kingdom” with “an unmilitary people”? Nonsense, says Desmond Morto