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Author Tennyson, Brian Douglas, author.

Title Canada's Great War, 1914-1918 : how Canada helped save the British empire and became a North American nation / Brian Douglas Tennyson
Published Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2014]
©2015

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 233 pages)
Contents The summer of 1914 -- Between mother England and Uncle Sam -- Answering the call -- Preparing for war -- Discovering modern warfare -- Building the corps -- Shock troops of the empire -- The home front -- Conscription -- Demanding a voice -- Partners in a common cause -- The war at sea -- The war in the air -- Canada's hundred days -- The new reality -- North American nation
Summary In <span style=""font-style:italic;"">Canada's Great War, 1914-1918, historian Brian Douglas Tennyson argues that Canada's enthusiasm had the ironic effect of bringing this British Dominion nation much closer to its southern neighbor, the United States, especially after the latter joined the fray
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject World War, 1914-1918 -- Canada
HISTORY -- Europe -- Western.
Diplomatic relations
SUBJECT Canada -- History -- 1914-1945. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85019329
Canada -- Foreign relations -- United States
United States -- Foreign relations -- Canada
Subject Canada
United States
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780810888609
0810888602
1322341176
9781322341170