Sean M. Maloney Knihy

I am the thing that goes bump in the night. I am a liar, a protector...a killer...I am Noah Blake. There is only one light in my darkness, one bright ray in the storm of my life. Lucia DeMarco. And I’ll do anything for her. Anything except show her who I really am...an assassin. Well, former assassin. I don’t really do that anymore...usually. It would be easier if she didn’t call me names. Asshole, control freak … shameless. It would also be easier if she didn’t look at me with those trusting gray eyes. If I didn’t dream about the perfect curve of her — never mind all that. The point is she’s digging into my world, my secrets, and it’s going to get her killed. But first, we have another more immediate concern. Lucia is going on a date—With someone else... And I’m not allowed to kill this one.

The Cold War was a war without battles and War Without Battles chronicles Canada's significant role. It describes how, through the professionalism and dedication of all its ranks, it earned for Canada a respect and admiration out of all proportion to its actual size. The story of Canada's NATO brigade is told with detailed accounts of the brigade group's performance in major NATO wargames and exercises over a 40 year period, and discusses how NATO's operational strategy, as well as Canada's political leaders over the decades, affected the brigade's evolution. The brigade's activities during the Gulf War and in the former Yugoslavia in the early 1990's are also covered. Over 100 interviews were conducted and the book is replete with anecdotes and stories from Canadian soldiers themselves. These entail all aspects of a soldier's life and service in Germany such as living among the German citizenry, the troops' fanaticism with unit hockey and brigade sports, the regular "bug out" deployments which kept attitudes and skills honed, and of course the ever constant training. Canada's reputation as a peacekeeper came about largely because of the activities of the NATO brigade in Europe. As politicians and the public alike are questioning the value, role, and structure of Canada's military, a look back at the men and women who helped to build this reputation, and the leaders that led them, provides a valuable perspective.