Tim Cook '90 (LEC) is a Canadian military historian and author. He was a recipient of the Trent University Alumni Association's Distinguished Alumni Award in 2016 for his work making military history more accessible, vivid and factual. Tim is the author of Vimy: The Battle and the Legend and most recently The Good Allies: How Canada and the United States Fought Together to Defeat Fascism During the Second World War.

The Good Allies is a masterful account of how Canadians and Americans made the transition from wary rivals to steadfast allies, and how Canada thrived in the shadow of the military and global superpower. In exploring this complex and crucial dimension of the Second World War and its legacy, Cook recounts two nations’ story of cooperation, of sacrifice, and of bleeding together to save the world from the fascist threat.

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