J.L. Granatstein

Canada's Army

Waging War and Keeping the Peace, Third Edition

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In this revised and updated third edition, one of Canada's leading historians covers the history of the Canadian military to the present day.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Toronto Press
• Seitenzahl: 980
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. September 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 262mm x 186mm x 40mm
• Gewicht: 1406g
• ISBN-13: 9781487509477
• ISBN-10: 1487509472
• Artikelnr.: 61937424

Autorenporträt

J.L. Granatstein is the former director and CEO of the Canadian War Museum and a distinguished research professor emeritus of history. He is an award-winning author of more than sixty books on Canadian political and military history, the recipient of numerous honorary degrees, and an Officer of the Order of Canada.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Acknowledgments
Maps
1. The Militia Myth: Canadian Arms to Confederation
2. Making an Army: Beginnings
3. A Militia under Arms: Sam Hughes’s Army
4. Becoming Professional: Arthur Currie’s Army
5. Losing Professionalism: The Interwar Years
6. McNaughton’s Army: The Long Wait
7. Into Battle: Sicily and Italy, July 1943-June 1944
8. Into Battle: Northwest Europe and Italy, June 1944-May 1945
9. The Professional Army, 1945-1968
10. Professionalism under Siege, 1968-2001
11. Afghanistan and the Remaking of the Army
12. Conclusion
Notes
A Selected Bibliography of Secondary Sources
Illustration Credits
Index