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Jack Lawrence Granatstein (born 1939) is a prolific and renowned Canadian historian who specializes in political and military history. Born in Toronto, Granatstein received his BA from the Royal Military College of Canada in 1961, his MA from the University of Toronto in 1962 and his PhD from Duke University in 1966. He served in the Army branch of the Canadian Forces from 1956 to 1966. He taught at York University in Toronto between 1966 and 1996 where he is Distinguished Research Professor of History Emeritus. From 1998 to 2001 he was Director of the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa.
Granatstein has been a passionate and outspoken defender of traditional narrative history in lectures, books, print and broadcast media. Perhaps his best known work is Who Killed Canadian History?