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Objects of Concern : Canadian Prisoners of War Through the Twentieth Century.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Press, 1994Copyright date: ©1994Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (337 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780774854887
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Objects of ConcernDDC classification:
  • 341.6/5/0971
LOC classification:
  • D627.A2 -- V36 1994eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 Nineteenth-Century Precursors -- 2 'Everybody's Business' -- 3 Repatriation and Liberation -- 4 The Interwar Years -- 5 The Organizational Framework, 1939-45 -- 6 Relief and Release in the European Theatre -- 7 A Tougher Nut: Prisoners of the Japanese -- 8 'The Debris of Past Wars' -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
Summary: Jonathan Vance examines Canada's role in the formation of an important aspect of international law, traces the growth and activities of a number of national and local philanthropic agencies, and recounts the efforts of ex-prisoners to secure compensation for the long-term effects of captivity.
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Intro -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 Nineteenth-Century Precursors -- 2 'Everybody's Business' -- 3 Repatriation and Liberation -- 4 The Interwar Years -- 5 The Organizational Framework, 1939-45 -- 6 Relief and Release in the European Theatre -- 7 A Tougher Nut: Prisoners of the Japanese -- 8 'The Debris of Past Wars' -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.

Jonathan Vance examines Canada's role in the formation of an important aspect of international law, traces the growth and activities of a number of national and local philanthropic agencies, and recounts the efforts of ex-prisoners to secure compensation for the long-term effects of captivity.

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