| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 240 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Contents |
The Great War soldier as nation builder in Canada and Australia / Jeff Keshen -- Charlie Chaplin and the Canadian Expeditionary Force / Andrew Horrall -- Immortalizing the Canadian soldier : Lord Beaverbrook and the Canadian War Records Office in the First World War / Tim Cook -- John McCrae's wars / John E. Hurst -- From amateur to professional : the experience of Brigadier General William Antrobus Griesbach / Patrick H. Brennan -- Letters from Halifax : reliving the Halifax explosion through the eyes of my grandfather, a sailor in the Royal Canadian Navy / John Griffith Armstrong -- The origins of Canada-US defence cooperation : the naval defence of the Northwest Atlantic, 1914-18 / Roger Sarty -- Newfoundland and the Great War / W. David Parsons -- ASW pioneer to Bush pioneer : the HS-21 Canada / Christopher J. Terry -- Amiens, August 1918 : a glimpse of the future? / Sydney F. Wise -- Making memory : Canvas of war and the Vimy sculptures / Laura Brandon -- Canadian airman and Allied intervention in North Russia, 1918-19 / Owen Cooke |
| Summary |
Canada and the Great War explores the military and socio-cultural history of World War I, adding new dimensions not only to the history of Canadas role in the war but to the wars role in shaping Canada |
| Notes |
Papers from the September 21-23, 2001, Western Front Association seminar held in Ottawa |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
World War, 1914-1918 -- Canada -- Congresses
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HISTORY -- Military -- World War I.
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Weltkrieg 1914-1918
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Eerste Wereldoorlog.
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Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918 -- Canada -- Congrès.
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Canada
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Kanada
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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proceedings (reports)
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Conference papers and proceedings
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Actes de congrès.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Busch, Briton Cooper, editor.
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Western Front Association, sponsoring body.
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| ISBN |
9780773571082 |
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0773571086 |
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9781282861183 |
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1282861182 |
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9786612861185 |
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6612861185 |
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