Address: Centre for Military and Strategic Studies

CURRICULUM VITAE

June 9, 2015

Name:David Jay Bercuson

Address: Centre for Military and Strategic Studies,

The University of Calgary

Calgary, Alberta T2N 1N4

Phone (Office): (403) 220-4038

Fax (home): (403) 242-0539

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Place and Date of Birth: Montreal, Quebec, August 31, 1945

EDUCATION:

B.A. (Hons) Sir George Williams University, Montreal, 1966

M.A. University of Toronto, Toronto, 1967

Ph.D. University of Toronto, Toronto, 1971

FIELDS AND THESIS:

Major Field: Canada, 1860-1950

Minor Fields: U.S.A., 1840-1941

British Empire-Commonwealth, 1850-1965

Thesis:

No M.A. thesis was required by the University of Toronto. Ph.D. thesis entitled “Labour in Winnipeg: The Great War and the General Strike.”

AWARDS, PRIZES, HONOURS, ETC.:

Lieutenant-Governor's Silver Medal for History, Sir George Williams University, May, 1966.

Province of Quebec Graduate Fellowships: 1966-69.

Province of Ontario Graduate Fellowships: 1966-69.

Canada Council Doctoral Awards: 1968-70.

Canada Council Leave Fellowship, 1975.

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Leave Fellowship, 1979, 1983.

Killam Resident Fellowship (University of Calgary), 1981.

Killam Research Fellowship (Canada Council), l985-l987

J.I. Segal Cultural Foundation Award, 1986

Fellow, Royal Society of Canada, elected 1988

Wilfrid Eggleston Award, 1997

Doctor of Laws, honoris causa, Concordia University, 1998

Honourable Mention, C.P. Stacey Prize, 1998

Order of the University of Calgary, 2001

Prime Minister’s Award for Japanese language translation of Maple Leaf Against the Axis, Tokyo, 2002

J.B. Tyrrell Historical Medal of the Royal Society of Canada, 2002

Officer of the Order of Canada (OC), 2003

2004 Vimy Award of the Conference of Defence Associations

John Lyman Book Award of the North American Society for Oceanic History in the category of US Naval History for Long Night of the Tankers, May 2015.

SERVICE:

ADMINISTRATIVE AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY:

Department of History:

Curriculum Committee, 1971-72; Appointments Committee, 1972-73;Graduate Studies Committee, 1973-74, 1975-79, 1981-82; Chairman and Organizer, Fifth Annual Western Canadian Studies Conference, March, 1973; Assistant Co-ordinator, Sixth Annual Western Canadian Studies Conference, March, 1974 Co-organizer, 1974-75 Departmental Colloquium, Law and Society in Britain and Canada; Chairman and Organizer, Tenth Annual Western Canadian Studies Conference, February 1978; Co-organizer, 1981 Western Canadian Studies Conference; Chairman, Graduate Studies Committee, 1984-85, 1987-89.

University:

Secretary, The University of Calgary Faculty Association, 1972-73; Vice-President, The University of Calgary Faculty Association, 1973-74; President, The University of Calgary Faculty Association, 1974-75; Member, Arts & Science Faculty Budget Committee; Member, General Faculties Council, 1974-75, 1976-1978, 1981-83; Member, General Faculties Council Executive Committee, 1977-78; Member, University Budget Committee, 1977-79; Member, General Promotions Committee, 1981-83; Vice-President and Chief Negotiator (Chairman, TUCFA Economic Benefits Committee), The University of Calgary Faculty Association, 1987-88; Chief negotiator (Chairman, TUCFA Economic Benefits Committee), The University of Calgary Faculty Association, 1988-89; Member, Graduate Faculty Council, 1984-85, 1987-89; Dean, Faculty of Graduate Studies, 1989-96; Director, Centre for Military and Strategic Studies, 1997 - ; Director, International Policy, University of Calgary School of Public Policy, 2009 - .

SERVICE TO THE CANADIAN ACADEMIC COMMUNITY

Secretary, Western Canadian History Section, Canadian Historical Association, 1973-l975
Member, Canadian Historical Association Nominating Committee, 1976-78
Member, Canadian Historical Association Program Committee, 1978-79
Member, Canadian Historical Association Council, 1979-82
Editorial Board Member, Labour/Le Travailleur, 1976-80
Editor, Canadian Historical Review, 1977-83
Western Vice-President, Canadian Professors For Peace in the Middle East, l975-l983
SSHRC Canada Research Fellowships Selection Committee, 1987
Canada Council Killam Selection Committee, 1988 – 1991

PUBLIC SERVICE

Chair, Ad Hoc Committee to Advise SSHRC on revising PhD fellowships program, 1993
Advisory Board responsible for Canada, Microsoft Encarta
Editorial Consultant, World Book Encyclopedia
President, Canadian Association for Graduate Studies, 1996
President, Organization for the Study of the National History of Canada, 1996-98
Special Advisor to the Minister of National Defence on the Future of the Canadian Forces, 1997
Board member, Museum of the Regiments, Calgary, 1998 -2003
Member, Minister of National Defence's Monitoring Committee on Change in the Canadian Forces and the Department of National Defence, 1997-2003
Director of Programs, Canadian Defence and Foreign Affairs Institute.
Hon Lt.Colonel 41 Combat Engineer Regiment, Canadian Army Reserve, 2002-2010
Member of the National Board, Canadian Institute for International Affairs (CIIA), 2004-2005
Member of the Board of Directors, The Canadian Ditchley Foundation, 2004-2008
Member of the Advisory Council on National Security, 2005-2008
Member of the Board of Directors, Conference of Defence Associations Institute, 2006-
Member of the Board of Directors, Atlantik-Bruecke Canada, 2006-
Member of the Board of Governors, Royal Military College, 2006-2013
Member of the Board of Directors, Canadian International Council, 2010 -2013

GRANTS:

University of Calgary Research Grants, 1974, 1982, 1997.

SSHRC Research Grants, 1980, 1983-84, l984-86, 1994-97, 1998-2001, 2011-2014

Department of National Defence Research Grant, 1989-94.

OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

Researcher, writer, on-camera host for "Pockets of Prejudice", broadcast by CBR-TV, Calgary, 1987.

-Winner, AMPIA News and Public Affairs Award, 1987, ANIK Award, 1987, Yorkton Film Festival (Short Documentary), 1987, B'nai Brith Media Human Rights Award, 1987;

Historical consultant for Paperny Films (Vancouver):

Tommy Prince: Fallen Hero

A Canadian in Korea

Prairie Fire: The Winnipeg General Strike

Murder in Normandy

Forced March to Freedom

Victory 1945: The Last Days/Homecoming

Jetstream

Combat School

Historical Consultant for Screenlife Productions (Toronto):

Deadly Seas

Historical Consultant for Discovery Channel

James Cameron’s Expedition Bismarck

Consultant, Borden & Elliott, Toronto, in Lavigne v. OPSEU, 1985;

Consultant, Macleod Dixon, Calgary, in Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission Act, 1991;

Consultant, World Book, Chicago.

Founding partner, The Charter Group Inc., Evidentiary Consultants (cases available on request)

Consultant, CBC Ombudsman re: "The Valour and the Horror"

President, Calgary Hebrew School, 1986-88

POSITIONS HELD

University of Calgary, Visiting Assistant Professor, 1970-71.

University of Calgary, Assistant Professor, 1971-1975.

University of Calgary, Associate Professor, 1975-1978.

University of Calgary, Professor, 1978-2004.

University of Calgary, University Professor, 2004-2010

COURSES TAUGHT

History 205: An Introduction to History: The Americas.

History 231: An Introduction to History: Canada, Origins to 1867.

History 233: An Introduction to History: Modern Canada 1867-1967

History 315: History of the Jews in the Twentieth Century.

History 330: Canada.

History 332: Post-Confederation Canada.

History 349: Canadian Military History.

History 333: The Development of Industrial Canada.

History 337: History of Canadian Industrial Relations.

History 415: Warfare in the Middle East: l920-l973.

History 440: Social & Economic Protest in Canada.

History 494: Comparative Social History of the United States and Canada.

History 531: Canada from Laurier to King. (Seminar)

History 534: Movements of Social and Economic Protest in Canada. (Seminar)

History 539: History of Canadian Foreign and Defence Policy in the Cold War Era: 1940-1963

History 597: Military History of the Arab-Israeli Conflict. (Seminar)

History 606: Canadian Labour History. (Graduate Course)

History 619: Canadian Foreign and Defence Policy, Selected Topics (Graduate Course)

History 634: The Prairie West. (Graduate Course)

History 706: Advanced Seminar (PhD).

COMPLETED GRADUATE THESIS SUPERVISION (M.A.):

L.W. Felske, "Science and the Radical Social Gospel in Western Canada." (1975)

E. Taraska, "The Calgary Labour Movement: 1900-1920." (1975)

T. Thorner, "Comparative Aspects of the Development of Law and Order on the Northern Plains: 1870-1892." (1977)

J. Gendron, "Industrial Development and Labour Unrest in Quebec, 1896-1914." (1977)

S.M. Kooyman, "The Policies and Legislation of the United Farmers of Alberta Government." (1981)

A.M. Kuitunen, "The Finnish Canadian Socialist Movement. A Case Study in Ethnic Radicalism." (1982)

M. Ann Capling, "The Communist Party of Canada in Alberta, 1922-1929." (1983)

B.N. MacPherson, "Arena of Opportunity: Anglo-American Naval Power and the War in the Mediterranean, 1942-1944." (1988)

Y. Argaman, "The Yishuv in Eretz Israel and the Holocaust, 1939-1943." (1990)

D. Bright, "Bonds of Brotherhood?: The Experiences of Labour in Calgary, 1903-1919." (1990)

J. Green, "Calculated Risks: Worker, Owner, and Government Attitudes Toward Safety in the Crow's Nest Pass Coal Mines, 1900-1915." (1990)

Barry Bristman, “Canadian Arms Sales to Israel.” (1992)

T. Leppard, "Sir Richard Turner and the Battle of the St. Eloi Craters." (1994)

R. Gendron, "A Question of North Atlantic Security: Canada's Reaction to the Independence Movement in Algeria, 1954-1962." (1996)

P. Whitney Lackenbauer, “Military Property Development in Calgary.” (1999)

L. Halladay, “Canadian Military Entertainers, 1939-1946.” (2000)

Adam Lajeunesse, “The True North As Long As It’s Free: The Canadian Policy Deficit, 1945-1985.” (2007)

Sarah Kathleen Sewell, “Making the Necessary Sacrifice: The Military’s Impact on a City at War, Calgary, 193-1945 (2013).

COMPLETED GRADUATE THESIS SUPERVISION (Master of Strategic Studies):

William McAuley, “Bad Lessons? Training Non-Commissioned Members of the Canadian Army Reserve for the Realities of the 21st Century.” (2003)

J.P. Marchant, “The (Im)polite world of Diplomacy: Canadian Arms Sales to Argentina and other Latin American Countries, 1945-1957.” (2005)

Pamela Stewart, “Professionally Disconnected: Human Resources: Strategic Planning in the CF,” (2006)

Daniel Patrick Fitzsimmons, “On Message: US Military Strategy, Groupthink, and Media Coverage in Vietnam and Iraq, (2007)

Robert Shephard, “The Applications of Human Intelligence in Counterterrorism,” (2009).

Ryan Flavelle, The Decline and Fall of Imperialism in Canada: A Cultural Analysis of the Great War (2011)

David Moule, “Specialization If Necessary, But Not Necessarily Specialization: A Strategy for Canadian Landpower After Afghanistan (2014)

COMPLETED GRADUATE THESIS SUPERVISION (PhD):

L. Nuttall, "Canadianization and the No. 6 Bomber Group R.C.A.F." (1990)

D. Bright, "Class Dismissed?: A Social History of the Calgary Labour Movement, 1883-1929." (1995)

Peter Michael Archambault, "The Informal Alliance: Anglo-Canadian Defence Relations, 1945-1960." (1997)

Robin S. Gendron, “Canada and French Africa: 1945-1968.” (2001)

Pierre Lepine “Blurred Vision: Ethos and the Canadian Forces.” Co-supervised with Dr. William Zwerman. (2003)

P. Whitney Lackenbauer, “Vanishing Indian, Vanishing Military: Military Training and Aboriginal Lands in Twentieth Century Canada.” (2003)

Gayle Thrift, “The Bible and the A-Bomb: Canadian Protestant Churches in the Cold War Era, 1945-1968,” (2005), co-supervised with Dr. D.M. Marshall.

Robert Bergen, “Balkan Bats and Balkan Rats: The Art of Managing Canada’s News Media during the Balkan War, (2005), co-supervised with Dr. David Taras.

Aaron Plamondon, “Political Parrying: The Procurement of the Sea King Helicopter and the Cancellation of the New Shipborne Aircraft Program, 1963-1993.” (2006)

Laurel Halladay, “Doing their Bit: Canada’s Second World War Military Entertainers.” (2006)

Alex Herd, "Preparing to Fight the Bear: American Influence on Canadian Army Staff

Officer Education, 1946-1956." (2011).

Adam Lajeunnesse, “Staking a Claim:The Evolution of Canada's Arctic Maritime Sovereignty, 1880-1990.” (2012)

Craig Leslie Mantle, “Stripes, Pips and Crowns; A Preliminary Study of Leader-Follower Relations in the Canadian Expeditionary Force during the First World War, 1914-1918.” (2013)

Christine E. Leppard, “Fighting as Colony? 1st Canadian Corps in Italy, 1943-1944.“ (2013)

Douglas Russell Benneweis, “On War Planning: The 29th U.S. Infantry Division as a Case Study in Manning and Training an Army during the Second World War.” (2013)

EXTERNAL PhD EXAMINATION:

J.H. Tuck, "Canadian Railways and the International Brotherhoods: Labour Organization in the Railway Running Trades in Canada, 1865-1919," Ph.D. University of Western Ontario, 1975.

Peter Nunoda, "A Community in Transition and Conflict: The Japanese Canadians, 1935-1951," Ph.D. University of Manitoba, 1991.

Britton W. MacDonald, “The Policy of Neglect: The Canadian Militia in the Interwar Years, 1919-1939,” Ph.D. Temple University, 2008.

PUBLICATIONS

Books

Bercuson, D.J., Confrontation at Winnipeg: Labour, Industrial Relations and the General Strike, Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, l974. Revised, 1990.

Bercuson, D.J. (ed.), Western Perspectives I, Toronto: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1974.

Bercuson, D.J. & K.W. McNaught, The Winnipeg Strike: 1919, Toronto: Longman Canada, 1974.

Bercuson, D.J. (ed.), Canada and the Burden of Unity, Toronto: Macmillan, 1977. Reprinted by Copp Clark, Pitman, l986.

Bercuson, D.J., Fools and Wise Men: The Rise and Fall of the One Big Union, Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson, 1978.

Bercuson, D.J. (ed.), Alberta's Coal Industry: 1919, Edmonton: Alberta Records Society, 1978.

Bercuson, D.J. & L.A. Knafla (eds.), Law and Society in Canada in Historical Perspective, Calgary: University of Calgary Studies in History, 1979.

Bercuson, D.J. & P.A. Buckner (eds.), Eastern and Western Perspectives, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1981.

Bercuson, D.J., Reappraising Canadian History, London, Ontario: History and Social Science Teacher, 1982.

Bercuson, D.J., The Secret Army, Toronto: Lester & Orpen Dennys, 1983; New York: Stein & Day, l984.

Bercuson, D.J., R. Bothwell & J.L. Granatstein, The Great Brain Robbery: Canada's Universities on the Road to Ruin, Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, l984.

Bercuson, D.J. & D. Wertheimer, A Trust Betrayed: The Keegstra Affair, Toronto: Doubleday, Canada, l985. Reprinted, Toronto, Seal Books, 1987.

Bercuson, D.J., Canada and the Birth of Israel: A Study in Canadian Foreign Policy, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, l985.

Bercuson, D.J.(ed.), Canadian Labour History: Selected Readings, Toronto: Copp Clark, Pitman, l986. Revised with David Bright, 1994.

Bercuson, D.J., J.L. Granatstein & W.R. Young, Sacred Trust? Brian Mulroney and the Conservative Party in Power, Toronto: Doubleday, l986.

Bercuson, D.J. et al, Twentieth Century Canada: A Reader, Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson, l986.

Bercuson, D.J. & J.L. Granatstein, The Collins Dictionary of Canadian History: 1867 to the Present, Toronto: Collins Publishers, 1988.

Bercuson, D.J. et al, Twentieth Century Canada, Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson, l983. Revised as Nation: Canada Since 1867, 1990.

Bercuson, D. J. & Barry Cooper, Deconfederation: Canada without Quebec, Toronto: Key Porter, 1991. Translated as Goodbye...et Bonne Chance! Les Adieux du Canada anglais au Quebec, Montreal: Le Jour, 1991.

Bercuson, D.J. & J.L. Granatstein, War and Peacekeeping: The Canadians from the Boer War to the Gulf War, Toronto: Key Porter, 1991.

Bercuson, D.J. & J.L. Granatstein, Dictionary of Canadian Military History, Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1992.

Bercuson, D.J. et al, Colonies: Canada to 1867, Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson, 1992.

Bercuson, D.J. True Patriot: The Life of Brooke Claxton, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1993.

Bercuson, D.J., Battalion of Heroes: The Calgary Highlanders in World War II, Calgary: The Calgary Highlanders Regimental Funds Foundation, 1994.

Bercuson, D.J. & S. Wise (eds. & contributors) "The Valour and the Horror" Revisited, Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 1994.

Bercuson, D.J. & Barry Cooper, Derailed: The Betrayal of the National Dream, Toronto: Key Porter Books, 1994.

Bercuson, D.J., Maple Leaf Against the Axis, Canada's Second World War, Toronto: Stoddart, 1995; Tokyo: Sairyusha, 2003 (Japanese translation).

Bercuson, D.J. Significant Incident: Canada's Army, the Airborne, and the Murder in Somalia, Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1996.

Bercuson, D.J. & Herwig, H., Deadly Seas: The Story of the St.Croix, the U305 and the Battle of the Atlantic, Toronto: Random House of Canada, 1997.

Bercuson, D.J., Granatstein, J.L., & Bothwell, R., Petrified Campus: The Crisis in Canada's Universities, Toronto: Random House of Canada, 1997.

Bercuson, D.J. Blood on the Hills: The Canadian Army in the Korean War. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1999.

Bercuson, D.J. The Patricias. Toronto: Stoddart, 2001.

Bercuson, D.J. & Herwig, H., The Destruction of the Bismarck. New York: Overlook Press, 2001. Also, Toronto: Stoddart, 2001; London: Hutchinson, 2002.

Bercuson, D.J. & Herwig, H, One Christmas in Washington: The Secret Meeting Between Roosevelt and Churchill that Changed the World, New York: Overlook Press, 2005. Also, Toronto: McArthur & Co. Published in London by Weidenfeld as One Christmas in Washington: Churchill and Roosevelt Forge the Grand Alliance.

Bercuson, D.J. & Carment D. (eds), The World in Canada: Diaspora, Demography, and Domestic Politics. Montreal: McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2007

Bercuson, D.J. The Fighting Canadians: Canada’s Regimental History from New France to Afghanistan. Toronto: Harper Collins, 2008.

Bercuson, D.J. Canada’s Ultimate Story: Korea; Canada’s Forgotten War. Ottawa: Canvet Publications, 2012.

Bercuson, D.J. The Patricias: A Century of Service. Fredericton: Goose Lane Editions, 2013.

Bercuson, D.J. & Herwig, H. Long Night of the Tankers: Hitler’s War Against Caribbean Oil, 1942-1945. Calgary: University of Calgary Press, 2014.

Scholarly Articles, Published Papers and Published Contributions:

1) Bercuson, D.J., "The Winnipeg General Strike, Collective Bargaining and the One Big Union Issue." Canadian Historical Review, June, 1970. Reprinted in M. Horn and R. Sabourin, Studies in Canadian Social History, Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1974.

2) Bercuson, D.J., "Western Labour Radicalism and the One Big Union: Myths and Realities." In S. Trofimenkoff (ed.), The Twenties in Western Canada, Ottawa, National Museum of Man, l973. Reprinted in Journal of Canadian Studies, May, l974; also reprinted in S.D. Clark et al (eds.), Prophecy and Protest: Social Movements in Twentieth-Century Canada, Toronto: Gage, l975.

3) Bercuson, D.J., "Organized Labour and the Imperial Munitions Board. "Relations Industrielles/Industrial Relations, July, l973.

4) Bercuson, D.J., "The Winnipeg General Strike" in I.M. Abella (ed.), On Strike, Toronto, James Lewis and Samuel, 1974.

5) Bercuson, D.J., "Recent Developments in Prairie Historiography," Acadiensis, Autumn, 1974.

6) Bercuson, D.J., "Labour Radicalism and the Western Industrial Frontier: 1896-1919," Canadian Historical Review, June, 977. Reprinted in W. Peter Ward & Robert A.J. McDonald eds.), British Columbia: Historical Readings, Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre, 1981; J.L. Granatstein et al, Twentieth Century Canada: A Reader, Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson, l986; A.D. Gilbert et al (eds), Reappraisals in Canadian History: Post-Confederation, Scarborough: Prentice Hall Canada, 1992.

7) Bercuson, D.J., "The One Big Union in Washington State," Pacific Northwest Quarterly, July, 1978.

8) Bercuson, D.J., "Tragedy at Bellevue: Anatomy of a Mine Disaster," Labour/Le Travailleur, 1978.

9) Bercuson, D.J., "The Present State of Canadian Labour History," Archiv fur Sozialgeschichte, 1980.

10) Bercuson, D.J., "Regionalism and `Unlimited Identity' in Western Canada," Journal of Canadian Studies, Summer 1980.

11) Bercuson, D.J., "Canada and Jerusalem: An Historical Overview," Middle East Review, Spring, 1981.

12) Bercuson, D.J., "Through the Looking Glass of Culture: An Essay on the New Labour History and Working Class Culture in Recent Canadian Historical Writing," Labour/Le Travailleur, Spring 1981. Reprinted in D.J. Bercuson, Canadian Labour History: Selected Readings, Toronto:Copp Clark, Pitman, l986.

13) Bercuson, D.J., "Serving the National Interest: Canada's Palestine Policy, l940-l949," Middle East Focus, January, l984.

14) Bercuson, D.J., "Il sindacalismo internazionale e le origini e il crollo della One Big Union canadese," in Valeria Gennaro Lerda (ed.), Canada E Stati Uniti, Venezia: Marsilio Editori, l984.

15) Bercuson, D.J., "The Worker's Lot" in J.L. Granatstein et al, Twentieth Century Canada: A Reader , Toronto: McGraw Hill Ryerson, l986

16) Bercuson, D.J., "The Zionist Lobby and Canada's Palestine Policy: l94l-l948," Moses Rischin, The Jews of North America, Detroit: Wayne State University Press, l987. Reprinted in D. Taras and D. H. Goldberg (eds.), The Domestic Battleground: Canada and the Arab-Israeli Conflict, Montreal" McGill-Queen's University Press, 1989.