Major General (ret'd) David Fraser is a major-general of the Canadian Forces. He was the commander of the Multinational Brigade for Regional Command South in Afghanistan's southern provinces in 2006. One of the most decorated generals in Canadian Armed Forces history, Fraser was the commander of Operation Medusa in Afghanistan, the largest combat engagement of Canadian Armed Forces in more than 50 years. General Fraser was the Commandant of the Canadian Forces Staff College. After retirement, David Fraser has served as an executive with three different corporations, and has experience leading in both the battlefield and the boardroom. David Fraser is the recipient of the Order of Military Merit. As a writer and strategic communications adviser, Brian Hanington has moved through government circles for some 40 years, writing for prime ministers, cabinet ministers, bishops, admirals, movie stars, knights and even His Holiness John Paul II. As a writer of business strategy, Hanington serves a select group of clients throughout the U.S. and the UK. Brian has also consulted on a wide variety of books including The Idea of Canada and Ingenious, both for Canada's Governor General David Johnston. He is currently chairman of Stiff, the Ottawa-based agency he founded in 1988.
Praise for Operation Medusa Operation Medusa: The Furious Battle That Saved Afghanistan from the Taliban is extraordinary for what it says (and maybe more for what it doesn't say) about the combat mission that arguably changed the course of a war that claimed the lives of 159 Canadian soldiers and cost billions of Canadian dollars. --CBC