Terry Copp (born 1938) is a

Canadian military historian The military history of Canada comprises hundreds of years of armed actions in the territory encompassing modern Canada, and interventions by the Canadian military in conflicts and peacekeeping worldwide. For thousands of years, the area that wou ...

and Professor Emeritus at

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and is co-founder and Director of the Laurier Centre for Military and Strategic Disarmament Studies since the late 1980s. Copp was born and raised in

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. He was educated at

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(BA) and

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(MA), Copp first published ''The Anatomy of Poverty: The Condition of the Working Class in Montreal, 1897–1929''. Toronto, McClelland & Stewart Limited, 1974. He established a reputation as one of Canada's foremost military historians. He founded the journa
''Canadian Military History''
His books include ''Cinderella Army: The Canadians in Northwest Europe'', ''Fields of Fire: The Canadians in Normandy'', ''No Price Too High'', ''The Brigade: The Fifth Canadian Infantry Brigade'' and ''The Canadian Battlefields in Italy: Sicily and Southern Italy''. He is a two time recipient (1990 and 1992) of the

C.P. Stacey Prize The C.P. Stacey Prize (also known as the ''C.P. Stacey Award'') is given by the C.P. Stacey Award Committee and the Laurier Centre for Military Strategic and Disarmament Studies (the LCMSDS took over administration of the award in 2018 from the Cana ...

. He was involved in battlefield studies tours. He was also the military analyst for the acclaimed television series ''No Price Too High'' and a frequent contributor to ''

Legion Magazine The Royal British Legion (RBL), formerly the British Legion, is a British charity providing financial, social and emotional support to members and veterans of the British Armed Forces, their families and dependants, as well as all others in n ...

''. In November 2011, with Matt Symes and Nick Lachance, he co-authored
Canadian Battlefields 1915–1918: A Visitor's Guide
'. In November 2017, Terry Copp launched an online interactive e-book on the city of Montreal, Quebec during the First World War
montrealatwar.com

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External links

Terry Copp's Website

Wilfrid Laurier University

Laurier Centre for Military Strategic and Disarmament Studies

''Legion Magazine''

Montreal At War 1914 - 1918
{{DEFAULTSORT:Copp, Terry 1938 births Anglophone Quebec people Canadian military historians Canadian male non-fiction writers Historians of World War I Historians of World War II Living people McGill University alumni Sir George Williams University alumni Wilfrid Laurier University faculty Writers from Montreal

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