Kirk Howard, President Printed and bound in Canada. The author and the publisher welcome any information enabling them to rectify any references or credits in subsequent editions. Care has been taken to trace the ownership of copyright material used in this book. We also acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Book Publishing Industry Development Program and The Association for the Export of Canadian Books, and the Government of Ontario through the Ontario Book Publishers Tax Credit program, and the Ontario Media Development Corporation’s Ontario Book Initiative. We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts and the Ontario Arts Council for our publishing program. Authors, Canadian (English) - 20th century - Biography. Copy-Editor: Andrea Pruss Design: Jennifer Scott Printer: Transcontinental Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication Rohmer, Richard, 1924Generally speaking : the memoirs of Major General Richard Rohmer. Permission to photocopy should be requested from Access Copyright. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise (except for brief passages for purposes of review) without the prior permission of Dundurn Press. Taylor (1978) Patton’s Gap (1981) How to Write a Best-Seller (1984) Massacre 747 (1984) The Golden Phoenix: The Biography of Peter Munk (1997) Mustangs Over Normandy (1997) HMS Raleigh On the Rocks (2003) Generally Speaking: The Memoirs of Major-General Richard Rohmer (2004)Ĭopyright © Richard Rohmer, 2004 All rights reserved. List of Publications Fiction: Ultimatum (1973) Exxoneration (1974) Exodus UK (1975) Separation (1976) Balls! (1976) Periscope Red (1980) Separation II (1981) Triad (1981) Retaliation (1982) Starmageddon (1985) Rommel & Patton (1986) Red Arctic (1989) John A.’s Crusade (1995) Death by Deficit (1995) Caged Eagle (2002) A Richard Rohmer Omnibus (2003) Ultimatum 2 (in progress) Non-Fiction: Practice & Procedure Before the Ontario Highway Transport Board The Green North: Mid-Canada (1970) The Arctic Imperative (1973) E.P. I hope MGen Rohmer has one more "windmill tilt" in him and revisits the Sir John A Macdonald project. He is man more Canadians should learn about. Well worth the read which also provides a microcosm of recent Canadian history. MGen Rohmer does not speak much about his family life but it is apparent he is still in love with his wife of more than 50 years, love's and is proud of his children. Without his efforts the Canadian government would have continued it's policy of neglect and denigration of WW2 veterans and the citizens who have honourable served Canada in times of war and in peace. Kudos are due to MGen Rohmer for his efforts on behalf of his fellow D-Day veterans for the 60th anniversary celebrations. However his frustrations do come thru especially when dealing with myopic, obtuse politicians and the left wing hand wringers that dominate the Canadian media scene (most media in Canada seem to be embarrassed to be Canadians and celebrate Canada and its heroes and icons, they are the only ones outside of NKorea that believe that communism actually works and that Stalin was a swell guy who is misunderstood) Anyways.Rohmer has met many of the "rich and famous" and tells of his encounters with them. He always speaks well of the people he has encountered in life, both the heroes and the villians. He is a man of vision and sometimes "big" ideas all in an effort for his fellow Canadians. Rohmer is a bit of a Don Quixote type tilting at windmills. Rohmer was involved in many projects familiar to residents of the Toronto/ Southern Ontario region. MGen Rohmer then embarked on a successful career as a real estate lawyer and political advisor. He decided to return to school and soon graduated from university with a law degree. Rohmer returned from the war somewhat at a loss as to what he would now do with his life, as so many young men did after the war. Rohmer was awarded the DFC after one of these missions. His discriptions of flying recce missions low and slow thru a flack filled sky are spin chilling. Maybe it is the voice of a now mature man recounting the wild exploits of youth. In typical Canadian fashion he is humble about his wartime experience as an RCAF Recon pilot. MGen Rohmer details his somewhat dysfunctional childhood in 1920's and 30's Canada (there is even a brief American interlude). He writes in his typical sparse and witty style. MGen Rohmer is probably Canada's most decorated citizen.
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