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Author Blaxland, John Charles, 1963- author.

Title Strategic cousins : Australian and Canadian expeditionary forces and the British and American empires / John C. Blaxland
Published Montreal [Que.] : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©2006 (Saint-Lazare, Quebec : Canadian Electronic Library, 2010)

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Description 1 online resource (xxx, 388 pages) : illustrations, maps
Contents Prior to the First World War -- First World War -- Inter-war years -- Second World War -- Cold War onset -- Cold War divergence -- Post-Cold War reconvergence -- Responding to the long war on terrorism
Summary Australia and Canada may have different security strategies, reflecting contrasting domestic circumstances, but John Blaxland shows that common interests have led their forces to work together for over a century. Strategic Cousins examines the role of the professional armed forces of these geographically distant nations through a comparison of their historical experiences with expeditionary land forces
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-368) and index
Notes English
Online resource; title from PDF title page (JSTOR, viewed April 27, 2017)
Subject HISTORY.
Military / Canada.
HISTORY -- Military -- Other.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Military Science.
HISTORY -- Military -- Canada.
Armed Forces
Diplomatic relations
Military policy
Military & Naval Science.
Law, Politics & Government.
Armies.
SUBJECT Canada -- Armed Forces -- Foreign countries -- History
Australia -- Armed Forces -- Foreign countries -- History
Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056712
Great Britain -- Military policy -- History -- 20th century
United States -- Foreign relations -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140089
United States -- Military policy -- History -- 20th century
Australia -- Foreign relations. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009588
Subject Australia
Canada
Great Britain
United States
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2006286230
ISBN 9780773576940
0773576940
1282867385
9781282867383
9786612867385
6612867388