Never mind Sidney Crosby's overtime goal. The greatest Canadian victory was the liberation of Holland. The Olympics cost only four billion dollars; the Dutch liberation cost the lives of 1,482 Canadians and resulted in 6,298 casualties. The Dutch remain grateful. In On To Victory (D&M $37.95), the eighth and final volume of his Canadian Battle Series for World War II, Mark Zuehlke recalls Canada's fiercely-fought and bittersweet military triumph. It's his 23rd book. In an era when "creative non-fiction"; is de rigueur, Zuehlke is a popular historian who deserves more credit for his slogging in the trenches of old-fashioned research. 978-1-55365-430-8

[BCBW 2010]