Official History of the Canadian Army in the Second World War did not appear in print until 1955 at the earliest. This was not unusual, in as an Official History of the First World War had also been many years in coming. Though the first of a projected eight volumes by Colonel Duguid first saw print in 1938, 20 years after the Armistice, the remaining 7 volumes were never completed. G.W.L. Nicholson published a one-volume Official History in 1964. The Royal Canadian Air Force's official Second World War history was not published until the 1990s. In Stacey's words: "Official History of the Canadian Army in the Second World War: Volume I.
Official Records of the War of the Rebellion there are other contemporary published works that provide well-sourced insights not constrained by the types of sources compiled by government: Official Records of the War of the Rebellion The Official Records of the War of the Rebellion or often more simply the Official Records or ORs, constitute the most extensive collection of primary sources of the history of the American Civil War. Cornell University lists the official title as The War of the Rebellion: a Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. They include selected first-hand accounts, orders, reports, maps, diagrams, and correspondence drawn from War