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# Jack Granatstein

(1939)   Historian

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Jack Granatstein is a historian, best known for *Afghanistan*.

## Quick Facts About Jack Granatstein

Born May 21, 1939

Profession Historian

Notable works Afghanistan

## About Jack Granatstein

Jack Lawrence Granatstein is a Canadian historian who specializes in Canadian political and military history.

##  Quotes by Jack Granatstein

> [Canadians were the first anti-Americans, and the best. Canadian anti-Americanism, just as the country's French-English duality, has for two centuries been the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-granatstein/canadians-were-the-first-anti-americans-and-the-best-canadian-anti/)

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[Americanism](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/americanism/)

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> [I'm a historian, I think history matters, but we don't have to be slavish in following it and restoring it,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-granatstein/i-m-a-historian-i-think-history-matters-but-we-don-t-have-to-be/)

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[Following](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/following/)

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> [I always thought of this as God's country.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-granatstein/i-always-thought-of-this-as-god-s-country/)

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[Canada](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/canada/)

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