A Keen Soldier

A Keen Soldier

"A Keen Soldier: The Execution of Second World War Private Harold Pringle" by Andrew Clark is a historical study of the only execution of a Canadian soldier for military crimes committed during the Second World War. Harold Pringle was executed for murder shortly after the conclusion of the war in Europe. [ [http://www.journal.forces.gc.ca/engraph/Vol4/no2/pdf/v4n2-p67-72_e.pdf A Keen Soldier - Reviewed by Dr. Steve Lukits] "Canadian Military Journal".] "A Keen Soldier" was published by Vintage Canada in 2002. It was a finalist for Canada's Governor General's Literary Award for non-fiction in 2003. [http://www.canadacouncil.ca/prizes/ggla/kf127248822388593750.htm?subsiteurl=%2Fcanadacouncil%2Farchives%2Fprizes%2Fggla%2F2003%2Fnonfiction-e.asp 2003 Finalists - Nonfiction] The Canada Council for the Arts.]

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