Abella, Irving, and Harold Troper. None Is Too Many: Canada and the Jews of Europe, 1933-1948. Toronto: Lester and Orpen Dennys, 1982. A recent investigation of immigration policy as it affected Jewish immigrants.
Black, Conrad. Duplessis. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1977. An account of QuΘbec provincial affairs and Duplessis' role in the provincial elections of 1939 and 1944.
Bothwell, Robert, and William Kilbourn. C.O. Howe, a Biography. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1979. A biography of the man who oversaw the expansion of big business production under federal controls.
Carter, D.J. Behind Canadian Barbed Wire: Alien, Refugee and Prisoner of War Camps in Canada 1914-1946. Calgary: Tumbleweed, 1980. German POW camps in the Second World War are described. Numerous photos depict life in the camps.
Creighton, Donald. The Forked Road 1939-1957. Canadian Centenary Series, No. 18. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1976. An analysis of the political, economic, social and cultural developments of this period.
Cuff, R.D., and Granatstein, J. L. Ties That Bind: Canadian- American Relations in Wartime from the Great War to the Cold War. Second Edition, Toronto: Samuel Stevens, Hakkert and Company, 1977. Contains two chapters on the Second World War.
Dawson, R.M. The Conscription Crisis of 1944. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1961. A brief account of the conscription crisis based on a study of Mackenzie King's papers and interviews with some of the principals.
Douglas, W.A.B., and Brereton Greenhous. Out of the Shadows. Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1977. An analysis of Canada's military participation in the Second World War with a chapter on events at home.
Eggleston, Wilfrid. Scientists at War. Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1950. Canada's scientific contribution to the Second World War is described in terms understandable to the non-scientist.
Franklin, Stephen. A Time of Heroes, 1940/1950. Toronto: Natural Science of Canada, 1977. An interesting, well-illustrated account that covers events at home and overseas.
Gentil, Richard. Trained to Intrude. London: Bachman & Turner, 1974. The author's personal story of his flight training with the BCATP in Canada and his experiences as a pilot.
Granatstein, J. L. Canada's War the Politics of the Mackenzie King Government, 1939-1945. Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1975. This study of the war period centres on Mackenzie King and how his government grappled with the issues of the time.
Granatstein, J. L. Conscription in the Second World War 1939-1945. Toronto: Ryerson Press, 1969. A concise account of the events relating to conscription and the actions of the major personalities and the government.
Granatstein, J.L., and J . M. Hitsman. Broken Promises, a History of Conscription in Canada. Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1977. An analysis of conscription in the First and Second World Wars.
Gridgemann, N .T. Biological Sciences at the National Research Council of Canada: The Early Years to 1952. Waterloo: Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 1979. Part two of this three-part book is devoted to the Second World War.
Guest, Denis. The Emergence of Social Security in Canada. Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, 1980. A comprehensive history of advances in social security during the Second World War is included.
Hirsch, Michael, and Patrick Loubert. The Great Canadian Comic Book. Toronto: Martin, 1971. A short historical introduction is followed by a cross-section of comic books published in Canada during the war.
Jones, Richard. Duplessis and the Union Nationale Administration. CHA Booklet No. 35, Ottawa: Canadian Historical Association, 1983. A readable booklet with an annotated bibliography.
Koch, Eric. Deemed Suspect. Toronto: Methuen, 1980. When war broke out with Nazi Germany, the British government interned several thousand refugees, many of them Jewish, from Germany and Austria. In the summer of 1940, facing possible invasion, Britain transferred many of them to Canada. The reaction of the Canadian authorities and ensuing developments are recounted.
La Violette, Forrest E. The Canadian Japanese and World War II. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1948. Written shortly after the war, this is a thorough and thoughtful explanation of the removal of the Japanese.
Lennon, M.J., and Syd Charendoff. On the Homefront: A Scrapbook of Canadian World War II Memorabilia. Erin, Ontario: Boston Mills Press, 1981. A collage of images intended to recapture the feeling of life in Canada during the Second World War.
Marlatt, Daphne, ed. Steveston Recollected. Victoria: Public Archives of British Columbia, 1973. The book consists of interviews with ten people, nine of whom are of Japanese origin from Steveston, British Columbia, who speak about their lives before, during and after the war.
Melady, John. Escape from Canada: The Untold Story of German POWs in Canada, 1939-1945. Toronto: Macmillan, 1981. A readable account of the experiences of German prisoners of war.
Metson, Graham. An East Coast Port. Halifax at War, 1939-1945. Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson Ltd., 1981. Narratives and photographs are combined in this effective portrait of wartime Halifax.
Morton, Desmond. Canada and War a Military and Political History. Toronto: Butterworths, 1981. A chapter is devoted to the World War II home front where the war experience brought a "social revolution." The book also offers an instructive comparison of the effects of the First and Second World Wars on Canada.
Patton, Janice. The Exodus of the Japanese. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1973. This booklet vividly recounts with anecdotes and pictures the sudden uprooting and relocation of the Japanese on the West Coast.
Repka, William, and Kathleen M. Dangerous Patriots: Canada's Unknown Prisoners of War. Vancouver: New Star Books Limited, 1982. Personal narratives by those arrested and interned without trial under the Defence of Canada Regulations.
Roy, Gabrielle C. The Tin Flute. Translated by Hannah Josephson. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1958. A novel set in an industrial district of wartime MontrΘal. It offers some insight into the question of enlistment in QuΘbec.
Santor, Donald M., ed. Canadians at War 1939-1945. The Canadiana Scrapbook Series, Scarborough, Ontario: Prentice-Hall, 1979. A good collection of photos from the period.
Stacey, C. P. Arms, Men and Government: The War Policies of Canada, 1939-1945. Ottawa: Queen's Printer, 1970. An authoritative, detailed account of Canada's military policies as they affected our foreign and domestic relations.
Stratford, Philip, ed. Andre Laurendeau: Witness for QuΘbec. Toronto: Macmillan, 1973. Excerpts of the writings of Andre Laurendeau on the major issues facing French Canada, including his thoughts and feelings about the war and conscription.
Webber, Bert. Retaliation: Japanese Attacks and Allied Countermeasures on the Pacific Coast in World War II. Corvallis: Oregon State University Press, 1975. An extensive account of Japanese balloon bombs, giving the story from both sides with numerous illustrations.
