LEADER 03208nam 22006371 450 001 9910827037703321 005 20230803021719.0 010 $a0-7748-2641-X 024 7 $a10.59962/9780774826419 035 $a(CKB)2550000001120643 035 $a(EBL)3412874 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001129542 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11618131 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001129542 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11077618 035 $a(PQKB)11032947 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3412874 035 $a(CEL)446202 035 $a(OCoLC)863054178 035 $a(CaBNVSL)slc00233402 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3412874 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10767646 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL523842 035 $a(OCoLC)855947094 035 $a(DE-B1597)661664 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780774826419 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001120643 100 $a20130809d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 12$aA national force $ethe evolution of Canada's army, 1950-2000 /$fPeter Kasurak 210 1$aVancouver :$cUBC Press,$d2013. 215 $a1 online resource (366 p.) 225 1 $aStudies in Canadian military history series,$x1499-6251 311 $a0-7748-2639-8 311 $a1-299-92591-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction -- 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. 330 $aCanadians consider the period between the Second World War and the unification of the armed services in 1968 as a "golden age," a time when their army dropped the shackles of its imperial past and emerged as a truly national peacekeeping force. In this landmark book, Peter Kasurak draws on recently declassified documents to show that this era was in fact clouded by the army's failure to loosen the grasp of British army culture, produce its own doctrine, and advise political leaders effectively. The discrepancy between the army's goals and the Canadian state's aspirations as a peacemaker in the postwar world resulted in a series of civilian-military crises that ended only when the scandal of the Somalia Affair in 1993 forced reform. Kasurak offers an illuminating account of the organizational growing pains that wracked the Canada's army as it evolved into a force that could reflect the aspirations of both its country and military leadership. 410 0$aStudies in Canadian military history. 606 $aMilitary history 607 $aCanada$xArmed Forces$xHistory$y20th century 607 $aCanada$xHistory, Military$y20th century 615 0$aMilitary history. 676 $a355.00971 700 $aKasurak$b Peter Charles$f1949-$01704272 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910827037703321 996 $aA national force$94090131 997 $aUNINA