ORPP logo
Image from Google Jackets

A National Force : The Evolution of Canada's Army, 1950-2000.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Studies in Canadian Military History SeriesPublisher: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Press, 2013Copyright date: ©2013Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (366 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780774826419
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: A National ForceDDC classification:
  • 355.00971
LOC classification:
  • UA600.K37 2013eb
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
Summary: A groundbreaking reassessment of when, and why, Canada's army broke away from its British imperial roots to become a truly national force.
Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.
Star ratings
    Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)
No physical items for this record

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.

A groundbreaking reassessment of when, and why, Canada's army broke away from its British imperial roots to become a truly national force.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.

© 2024 Resource Centre. All rights reserved.