The Book

Thomas Jefferson once said that taking over Canada was simply a “matter of marching.”  Yet when the United States invaded Canada in 1775 as part of the Revolutionary War, the United States was defeated.  Again the United States invaded during The War of 1812.  Again the United States was defeated.

For decades a quiet tension existed between these two North American countries.  The 20th century saw the tension begin to slowly fade, resulting in the longest undefended border in the world.  But by the time the North American Free Trade Agreement came into effect in 1994, tensions began to resurface.

Most people believe that the invasion during the War of 1812 was the last military action ever conducted against Canada by the United States.  What these people don’t know is that the war between Canada and the United States has been raging for years.  While their attention was transfixed on the shock-and-awe campaign in Iraq in the spring of 2003, a coalition of Mid-Western states, in retaliation for the bombing of the Indiana State House, and under the justification of states’ rights, launched an invasion of Canada, which raged for nearly a year.

Sustaining heavy losses, American forces were forced to retreat back to the Mid-West, where Canada, in retaliation for the invasion, occupied large swaths of the country.  The federal government, occupied with wars in the Middle East, was unable to aid the Mid-West, while the world believed Canada was simply asserting its sovereignty.

We Are Red is the story of that great war between Canada and Mid-Western America.  The story of centuries old hostilities.  The story of underground military networks, covert invasions, ruthless corporations, bloody operations, media cover-ups, and the chilling motivations of Americans and Canadians alike.

We Are Red is the story of what happens when some people are pushed too hard. We Are Red is the story of the Red River Resistance – the Mid-West’s last hope…

Key Facts About We Are Red: The Story of the Red River Resistance -

  • Written by an American historian and based on several primary and many secondary sources.
  • The first book to comprehensively document the history of American/Canadian tensions.