Rise to Greatness: The History of Canada from the Vikings to the Present
By Conrad Black
Categories: History
Conrad Black offers a sweeping history of Canada from the arrival of the Vikings to the twenty-first century. He traces the interactions of Indigenous peoples, French and British colonists and Americans, and the political leaders who shaped Canada's independence and identity. Black argues that Canada's survival and success alongside the United States is one of the great achievements of modern history.
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- Shane Parrish: “Not up on Canadian history? Here is a one stop shop that covers very well the American/British/French/Native interconnections that existed (especially in the Northeastern United States) as well as the birth of two nations”