Canada's army
Subtitle: waging war and keeping the peace
By: J.L. Granatstein ; with a new introduction.
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Toronto; Buffalo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 519
Subjects: Canada. Canadian Armed Forces -- History.; Canada. Forces armées canadiennes -- Histoire.; Canada -- History, Military.; Canada -- Histoire militaire.
Description: "Canada's Army: Waging War and Keeping the Peace traces the full three-hundred-year history of the Canadian army, from its origins in New France, through the Conquest, the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812, Confederation, militia reform, the South African War, the two world wars, the Korean War, to postwar peacekeeping and peacemaking. Covering the major conflicts in depth, and exploring battles, tactics, and weapons, J. L. Granatstein also offers an analysis of the political context for the battles and events that shaped our understanding of the nation's army, not least the fluctuations of Canadian defence spending and methods of raising military manpower. Granatstein pays particular homage to the foot soldier, interweaving personal anecdotes into the history."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references  (p. [481]-487) and index.