Index

A

Air Force. See Royal Canadian Air Force

B

Bagotville, QC. See Canadian Forces bases, Bagotville

body bag incidents, 119-20, 128, 130-31, 137-43, 140, 211, 224-25, 235, 254, 255, 258, 266

Britain, 16, 18, 38, 41, 90, 125, 132, 134, 135, 137, 151, 155, 158, 167, 233, 250, 270. See also news media outlets, Times of London

C

Canada. See Canadian Forces bases; Canadian Forces personnel; Canadian news media personnel; Charter of Rights and Freedoms; Government of Canada; news media outlets; operational security; Patrol Base Cirillo; public affairs (Canada); Royal Canadian Air Force; Royal Canadian Navy

Canadian Forces bases.

Bagotville, xv, 16, 27, 28, 32, 42-47, 54-55, 57, 59-60, 67, 82, 85, 98-99, 105, 107, 110, 113, 116, 125, 155, 159, 195, 198, 199, 206, 216-17, 221, 222, 238-39, 243-44, 250

Cold Lake, xv, 7, 14, 16, 18, 27, 28, 30, 32, 41, 48, 57, 59-61, 66-67, 71, 88, 106, 115, 125-26, 133, 139, 159-62, 195, 199, 204, 206, 217, 221, 224, 235, 238, 240, 250, 262

Edmonton, 230

Esquimalt, 138-41

Canadian Forces. See Canadian Forces bases; Canadian Forces personnel; operational security; Patrol Base Cirillo; Royal Canadian Air Force; Royal Canadian Navy

Canadian Forces personnel, 6, 118, 152

Baril, Gen. Maurice, 46, 86, 96, 165, 179-80, 238

Barker, Capt. Mike, 16, 60, 62-63, 71-72, 75-76

Brassington, Capt. Travis, iv, 30-31, 61, 64, 80, 103, 114, 118, 161-63, 240

Cirillo, Cpl. Nathan, 267, 268, 269

Davies, Col. Dwight, 151, 154, 156, 159, 163, 165, 172, 182, 218-19, 222, 240-41, 259

Donihee, Lt. Col. Jim, 48-51, 84, 191, 200, 206-7, 244, 249n35

Edelman, Master Cpl John, 67, 70, 73, 75, 77, 243

Faucher, Lt. Col. Sylvain, 14-15, 23-27, 95, 170-71, 180, 191-92, 232, 244

Flynn, Lt. Col. William Allen, ix, 27-28, 30, 87-89, 105-6, 109-11, 202-4, 224, 237-38, 245, 249

Glaeser, Capt. Brett, 29-31, 79-82, 112-13, 116-17, 243

Hébert, Maj. Stéphane, 54, 216-17

Henault, Lt. Gen. Raymond, xvi, 46, 86, 91, 108, 152-56, 161, 163-65, 176, 179, 224, 230-32, 238, 246, 257-59, 284

Jurkowski, Brig. Gen. David, 33, 46, 50-52, 91, 108, 164, 179, 188, 200, 211-14, 219, 221, 227, 230, 235, 245, 258-59, 262

Kendall, Maj. Dave, 126, 133, 224

Marcotte, Col. Benoît, 40-43, 47-48

Matthews, Lt. Col. Don, 82-84, 129, 135-36, 139

McGillivray, Brig. Gen. Ed, 125-26, 139

McRury, Capt. Neil, 115-16, 117, 206

Pelletier, Maj./Col. Alain, 13-16, 20-26, 29, 55-56, 81, 106-7, 222

Savoie, Cpl. Patrick, 47, 49-50, 53, 55, 222

Sinclair, Capt. Todd, 104

Soroka, Capt./Lt. Col. Kirk, 18-19, 28, 31-35, 59, 99, 106, 111, 114, 117, 197-98, 240-41, 242-43, 249

Vincent, WO Patrice, 266, 268-69

Canadian news media. See Canadian news media personnel; news media outlets

Canadian news media personnel.

Macdonald, Neil, xvi, 158-59, 169-70, 218

Malbon, Joy, xvi, 145-46, 150-51, 156-59, 167, 181-87, 189, 236

Warmington, Joe, 180, 186-88

Workman, Paul, xvi, 218, 233-34

York, Geoffrey, xvi, 171, 173-75

CFB. See Canadian Forces bases

Charter of Rights and Freedoms, 146, 257-58, 266, 269, 272

Chrétien, Jean, 2, 7-8, 39, 200, 237-38, 257-58

Clark, Gen. Wesley, 8, 54, 90-91, 94-95, 103, 154, 156, 176, 178, 187, 190, 216-17, 248, 254-55

Clausewitz, Carl von, 6, 209, 278n9

Clinton, Bill, 9, 38, 41, 94, 103

Cold Lake, AB. See Canadian Forces bases, Cold Lake

D

Dandurand, Raoul, 268

E

Edelman, Murray, 3, 142, 257

Eggleton, Art, 5-8, 59, 71, 105, 152, 155, 160-61, 165, 173, 178-79, 204, 237

Esquimalt, BC, 119, 124, 128, 130, 134, 138-42, 294n102, 294n109

G

Government of Canada, 247-48

House of Commons, 5, 42, 54, 86, 122, 125, 128, 152, 266, 267, 272

Ministers of National Defence. See Eggleton, Art; McKnight, William

official censorship, 5, 11, 123-24, 127, 131-33, 254, 262, 269-72

Official Opposition, 151

Prime Ministers. See Chrétien, Jean; Harper, Stephen; Mulroney, Brian; Trudeau, Justin

Granatstein, Jack, 8, 127, 127-28, 263

H

Harper, Stephen, 250, 266, 267, 268

I

Internet threat, 217

Italy.

Aviano, xvi, 6, 11-12, 13, 16-18, 26-31, 33-34, 42-57, 59-60, 63-67, 69-73, 75, 77, 81-82, 84-85, 88, 90-93, 95-97, 105-6, 108, 110, 145-46, 150-51, 153-56, 158-61, 163-67, 170-83, 187-90, 192, 197-98, 204, 206, 214, 216-19, 222, 225, 227-28, 231-32, 234-35, 237-39, 241-42, 244, 250-51, 253-60

Piancavallo, 43, 60-66, 106

Vicenza, 17, 43, 47, 96, 199

J

Korean War, 2, 8, 146, 241, 242

K

Kosovo, xv-xvi, 1-3, 6-12, 17-18, 21-22, 40-42, 44-46, 52-56, 59, 75-76, 79, 81-82, 84-85, 87-88, 95, 105, 108, 112,116, 118, 120, 143, 146, 151-52, 162, 165, 167, 171, 173, 179, 192, 196, 200-201, 206, 209, 212, 215, 224, 229, 231, 233-35, 237, 239, 241-43, 247, 250-51, 253-60, 262-64, 265-66, 270, 272, 275n41, 275n43, 287n15, 304n38

M

Maguire, John, 268-69

McKnight, William, 127-28, 135

Milosevic, Slobodan, 2, 6, 8, 10, 17, 41, 94-95, 103-4, 196, 208, 228-29, 237, 265, 281n53

Mulroney, Brian, 83, 125-26, 128

N

Navy. See Royal Canadian Navy

news media. See body bags; Canadian news media personnel; news media outlets

news media outlets.

Calgary Herald, 162, 221, 265, 294n102

Canadian Press, 127, 129, 134, 147, 155, 177, 221, 227-28, 230-31, 271

CBC, xvi, 147, 151, 155, 158-59, 169, 179, 213, 218, 225, 226, 233-34, 254

CTV, Canada AM, 234

CTV, National News, 146-47, 150, 159, 167, 170, 181, 189, 190, 213, 234

Daily News, The (Halifax), 221, 231-32

Edmonton Journal, The, 159, 162

Gazette, The (Montreal), 231

Globe and Mail, The, xvi, 40-41, 127, 130, 133-35, 138-39, 142, 147, 171, 173, 294n102

National Post, 162

New York Times, The, 154, 215, 229, 306n21

Ottawa Citizen, 155, 162, 221

Times Colonist (Victoria), 140-42, 231

Times of London, 151, 157, 215

Toronto Star, The, 129, 134, 139, 142, 147, 163, 173, 221, 231

Toronto Sun, The, 147, 180, 186-87, 213

Vancouver Sun, The, 40, 119, 138, 141

O

operational security, 11, 121-24, 132, 137, 149-50, 152-54

P

Patrol Base Cirillo, 269

Persian Gulf War, 1991, xvi, 2, 10, 82, 118, 120, 146, 174, 211-12, 259, 278n7. See also Royal Canadian Air Force operations, Desert Storm, Persian Gulf War, and Friction, Persian Gulf War

Personnel. See Canadian Forces personnel; Canadian news media personnel

public affairs (Canada), 120-21, 123-24, 127, 132, 135, 137-39, 147-50, 152, 154-55, 159-60, 165, 170, 174, 177-78, 180-83, 189, 212, 218, 222, 225, 234-36, 254-57, 259-60, 269

command prerogative, 149

personnel

Agnew Lt.Cmdr. (Navy) Jeff, 152, 160, 165, 170, 212

Larsen, Lt./Lt.Cmdr. (Navy) John, 182-83, 185, 189, 218, 225-27, 231, 235

Seguna, Lt. (Navy) Paul, 139-42

R

Royal Canadian Air Force.

aircraft.

C-130, Hercules, 16, 30, 44-45, 238

CC-137, Boeing Tanker, 137

CC-150, Polaris, 47

CF-18, McDonnell Douglas Hornet, 6-7, 13, 15-16, 18, 21-22, 24-25, 27, 29-30, 32, 35, 40-46, 48, 51-52, 54, 56, 59-60, 67, 70-73, 77, 79-80, 82-87, 93-94, 96, 106-9, 111-15, 117-18, 120, 125, 129-31, 133-35, 137, 139, 142-43, 150, 153, 155-57, 159, 161-64, 171-72, 174, 176-79, 181, 183, 186-88, 193-94, 200-201, 204-6, 208, 212-13, 215-16, 219, 221, 223, 227, 229, 231-32, 234, 237-38, 240-41, 256, 258, 266, 276n9, 282n25; Forward Looking Infrared, 24, 83, 114, 206; mission computers, 84; radios, 56, 117-18, 209, 227

bombs.

GBU-10, 105-7, 214, 241

GBU-12, 34, 80, 87, 89-91, 105-6, 214, 241, 284n39

GBU-24, 87-88, 105, 284n32, 284n39

total dropped, 208, 230-32, 241

bombing, morality of, 6-10, 77, 195

squadrons.

409 Tactical Fighter Squadron, 250

425 Tactical Fighter Squadron, 2, 14, 16, 27, 82, 171, 191, 250

433 Tactical Fighter Squadron, 15-16, 28, 85, 105, 216, 250

441 Tactical Fighter Squadron, 16, 27, 67, 88, 90, 104, 109, 114, 224

Camp Patrice Vincent, Dubai, 268-69

Canadian Airborne Regiment, 37, 50, 148

Lord Strathcona’s Horse (Royal Canadians), 230, 233, 266

See also Canadian Forces bases; Royal Canadian Air Force operations

Royal Canadian Air Force operations.

Desert Storm, Persian Gulf War, 88, 120

media policy, 122, 136, 160, 182

Echo, 2, 42, 44, 46, 66, 89, 96, 163, 227, 230, 234, 235-36, 254-55

credit card, 33, 60, 91, 106, 161, 227

equipment deficiencies, 2, 44-45, 47, 70-71, 75, 86, 90-91, 105-6, 108-12, 188, 206-9, 227, 239

pilots performance, 99, 202-4, 206-8, 199-202, 204, 256

pilot training, 13, 16, 22-23, 26, 31-34, 48, 50, 53-54, 81, 83-85, 99, 106, 109-12, 154, 161, 170, 177, 192, 199-200, 202, 204, 206-8, 241, 261-62

Friction, Persian Gulf War, 1991, xvi, 2, 10, 82, 118, 120, 146, 174, 211-12, 259, 278n7

media policy, 120-23, 131-38, 259

pilots’ families, 119, 126, 128, 130-31, 138-42, 162, 164, 178, 181, 211, 217, 224, 254-57, 267; Forsythe, Reg, 129; Kendall, Marion, 133, 126, 224; McNeil, Gus, 129

Royal Canadian Navy.

HMCS Athabaskan, 120, 140

HMCS Huron, 119, 124, 134, 139-42, 295n114

HMCS Preserver, 124

HMCS Protecteur, 120

HMCS Restigouche, 124

HMCS Terra Nova, 120

S

Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe, 66, 215

T

Trudeau, Justin, 4-5

U

United Nations, 38-39, 41, 119, 127, 157, 196, 237, 265

United Nations Security Council, 41

United States. See Clark, Gen. Wesley; Clinton, Bill; news media outlets, New York Times, The; van Crevald, Martin

V

Vickers, Kevin, 267

Z

Zehaf-Bibeau, Michael, 267, 268