03208nam 22006371 450 991082703770332120230803021719.00-7748-2641-X10.59962/9780774826419(CKB)2550000001120643(EBL)3412874(SSID)ssj0001129542(PQKBManifestationID)11618131(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001129542(PQKBWorkID)11077618(PQKB)11032947(MiAaPQ)EBC3412874(CEL)446202(OCoLC)863054178(CaBNVSL)slc00233402(Au-PeEL)EBL3412874(CaPaEBR)ebr10767646(CaONFJC)MIL523842(OCoLC)855947094(DE-B1597)661664(DE-B1597)9780774826419(EXLCZ)99255000000112064320130809d2013 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtccrA national force the evolution of Canada's army, 1950-2000 /Peter KasurakVancouver :UBC Press,2013.1 online resource (366 p.)Studies in Canadian military history series,1499-62510-7748-2639-8 1-299-92591-X Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction -- The 1950's: A Professional Army? -- Soldiers, Civilians, and Nuclear Warfare in the 1960's -- The Army and the Unified Force, 1963-67 -- Trudeau and the Crisis in Civil-Military Relations -- Reform, Regimentalism, and Reaction -- The Plan for a "Big Army" -- The Unified Staff and Operational Difficulties -- Reform and Constabulary Realism -- Conclusion.Canadians consider the period between the Second World War and the unification of the armed services in 1968 as a "golden age," a time when their army dropped the shackles of its imperial past and emerged as a truly national peacekeeping force. In this landmark book, Peter Kasurak draws on recently declassified documents to show that this era was in fact clouded by the army's failure to loosen the grasp of British army culture, produce its own doctrine, and advise political leaders effectively. The discrepancy between the army's goals and the Canadian state's aspirations as a peacemaker in the postwar world resulted in a series of civilian-military crises that ended only when the scandal of the Somalia Affair in 1993 forced reform. Kasurak offers an illuminating account of the organizational growing pains that wracked the Canada's army as it evolved into a force that could reflect the aspirations of both its country and military leadership.Studies in Canadian military history.Military historyCanadaArmed ForcesHistory20th centuryCanadaHistory, Military20th centuryMilitary history.355.00971Kasurak Peter Charles1949-1704272MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910827037703321A national force4090131UNINA