Tim Cook

About The Author

Tim Cook (1971 in Kingston - October 26, 2025) was a Canadian military historian and author.
Dr. Tim Cook was the Chief Historian & Director of Research at the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa, and a part-time history professor at Carleton University. He has also published several books about the military history of Canada during World War I.

Dr. Cook is a member of the Order of Canada.

Books by Tim Cook

Hold the Line

A Battalion Tested in the Bloodiest Battles of the Western Front

By Tim Cook
‘From Fromelles to the final advance — war as it was lived, in the words of the men who faced it.’

One battalion. Three years of war. Ordinary men under relentless pressure.

‘I was eighteen when I was first sent into battle at Fromelles… War is both the silliest and cr...
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