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Overview
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On March 5, 1995, the Canadian Government disbanded the Canadian Airborne Regiment due to perceived disciplinary problems that had caused it a series of embarrassments. The Regiment, which was created in 1968, actually represented Canada’s most proficient, capable, combat arms unit. In simplest of terms, it was a killer elite. This book examines the history behind the storied regiment and reveals the causes and the tragic loss to the Canadian Armed Forces and the country, of the decision to disband the nation’s premiere warfighting organization.
Preview Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1 Setting the Bar High: Establishing a Canadian Airborne Legacy
Chapter 2 Canada’s North: The Achilles Heel of Canada’s Airborne Forces
Chapter 3 A Chimera of Capability: The MSF and the Defence of Canada Force
Chapter 4 The Winds of Change: Embracing Strategic Mobility 1964-1968
Chapter 5 The Great Adventure: Creating the Canadian Airborne Regiment
Chapter 6 When Crisis Calls
Chapter 7 Cataclysmic Change: The Ebbing Fortunes of the Regiment
Chapter 8 Storm Clouds: Troubles in the 1980s
Chapter 9 Descent into Darkness
Chapter 10 Beginning of the End: The Turbulent 1990s
Chapter 11 Into the Abyss – Somalia
Chapter 12 Attempt at Redemption
Chapter 13 Breaking the Faith: Disbandment
Chapter 14 The Reckoning
Chapter 15 Back to the Future: “Jump Companies” and the Light Infantry Battalions
Chapter 16 Rogues and Villains or a National Elite
Annex A Command Appointments
About the Author
Glossary of Abbreviations
Index
Meet your Author
Colonel (retired) Bernd Horn, OMM, MSM, CD, PhD is a retired Regular Force infantry officer who has held key command and staff appointments in the Canadian Armed Forces, including Deputy Commander of Canadian Special Operations Forces Command (CANSOFCOM), Commanding Officer of the 1st Battalion, The Royal Canadian Regiment and Officer Commanding 3 Commando, the Canadian Airborne Regiment. Dr. Horn is also an adjunct professor of history at the Royal Military College of Canada. He has authored, co authored, edited or co-edited over fifty books and numerous monographs / chapters / articles on military history, Special Operations Forces, leadership and military affairs.