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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463643003321

Autore

Tennyson Brian Douglas

Titolo

Canada's Great War, 1914-1918 : how Canada helped save the British empire and became a North American nation / / Brian Douglas Tennyson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

0-8108-8860-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (261 p.)

Disciplina

940.4/0971

Soggetti

World War, 1914-1918 - Canada

Electronic books.

Canada History 1914-1945

Canada Foreign relations United States

United States Foreign relations Canada

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Photo Credits; Introduction; 1 The Summer of 1914; 2 Between Mother England and Uncle Sam; 3 Answering the Call; 4 Preparing for War; 5 Discovering Modern Warfare; 6 Building the Corps; 7 Shock Troops of the Empire; 8 The Home Front; 9 Conscription; 10 Demanding a Voice; 11 Partners in a Common Cause; 12 The War at Sea; 13 The War in the Air; 14 Canada's Hundred Days; 15 The New Reality; 16 North American Nation; Afterword; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

<span><span>In </span><span style=""font-style:italic;"">Canada's Great War, 1914-1918, </span><span>historian Brian Douglas Tennyson argues that Canada's enthusiasm had the ironic effect of bringing this British Dominion nation much closer to its southern neighbor, the United States, especially after the latter joined the fray. </span></span>