TY - BOOK AU - Kasurak,Peter TI - A National Force: The Evolution of Canada's Army, 1950-2000 T2 - Studies in Canadian Military History Series SN - 9780774826419 AV - UA600.K37 2013eb U1 - 355.00971 PY - 2013/// CY - Vancouver PB - University of British Columbia Press KW - Canada. -- Canadian Armed Forces -- History -- 20th century KW - Military history KW - Canada -- Armed Forces -- History -- 20th century KW - Canada -- History, Military -- 20th century KW - Electronic books N1 - Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 The 1950s: A Professional Army? -- 2 Soldiers, Civilians, and Nuclear Warfare in the 1960s -- 3 The Army and the Unified Force, 1963-67 -- 4 Trudeau and the Crisis in Civil-Military Relations -- 5 Reform, Regimentalism, and Reaction -- 6 The Plan for a "Big Army" -- 7 The Unified Staff and Operational Difficulties -- 8 Reform and Constabulary Realism -- Conclusion -- Notes on Sources -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index N2 - A groundbreaking reassessment of when, and why, Canada's army broke away from its British imperial roots to become a truly national force UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=3412874 ER -