PreviewsOwen Schalk
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Canada and NATO
The Myth of a Global Peacekeeper
Owen Schalk
In this book, Schalk disrupts the popular Western perception of NATO as a defensive, collective security organization, and argues that Canadians should oppose it and support their government’s withdrawal from it for the following reasons: NATO has always been an offensive alliance; the wars it wages are not just; its existence and expansion stir global tensions and raise the risk of global war; it undermines Canadian sovereignty; and it diverts resources that can serve the social needs of Canadians into a largely U.S.-owned arms industry.
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Canada in Afghanistan
A story of military, diplomatic, political and media failure 2003-2023
Owen Schalk
This book offers a history of Canada’s role in Afghanistan, providing an incisive, illuminating account of Canadian involvement in a war that cost lives and billions of dollars and achieved little. Schalk discusses why Canada’s efforts failed and he shows how the Canadian media did not accurately report on the war.
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Targeting Libya
How Canada went from building public works to bombing an oil-rich country and creating chaos for its citizens
Owen Schalk
Investigative journalist Schalk examines the influence of Canadian business and government actors in Libya, the rise and fall of Muammar Qadhafi, the SNC-Lavalin affair, and Libya’s ongoing instability, dismantling the myth of Canada as a neutral peacekeeper.
