The Veterans Charter and post-World War II Canada
By: edited by Peter Neary and J.L. Granatstein.
Contributors: Neary, Peter, 1938-; Granatstein, J. L.
Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Montreal; Buffalo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 306
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945 -- Veterans -- Canada
Description: "Rehabilitating Canada's armed forces to civilian life following World War II was a massive undertaking. The Veterans Charter, the program devised by the federal government to do this, promised to provide "opportunity with security" and was one of the building blocks of the Canadian welfare state.

This collection of essays by some of Canada's leading historians explores the Charter's origins, history, and benefits as well as highlighting its role in the development of the Canadian welfare state and postwar society." "The achievements of this generation of Canadian veterans are sometimes downplayed; this collection of essays puts their achievements on the historical record and pays tribute to their memory and accomplishments."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / -- Peter Neary -- The; title: Canadian veterans' heritage from the Great War -- Desmond Morton; title: Awaiting return : life in the Canadian Army's overseas repatriation depots, 1945-1946 -- Dean F. Oliver; title: Getting it right the second time around : the reintegration of Canadian veterans of World War II -- Jeff Keshen -- The; title: Veterans Charter : the compensation principle and the principle of recognition for service -- Don Ives; title: National Selective Service and employment and seniority rights for veterans, 1943-1946 -- Michael D. Stevenson; title: Canadian universities and Canadian veterans of World War II -- Peter Neary; title: From neurasthenia to post-traumatic stress disorder : Canadian veterans and the problem of persistent emotional disabilities -- Terry Copp; title: Going back to main street : the development and impact of casualty rehabilitation for veterans with disabilities, 1945-1948 -- Mary Tremblay; title: Family allowances, old age security, and the construction of entitlement in the Canadian welfare state, 1943-1951 -- James Struthers; title: Canadian domesticity in the postwar era -- Doug Owram -- A; title: half-century on : the veterans' experience-- J.L. Granatstein.