Militia myths
Subtitle: ideas of the Canadian citizen soldier, 1896-1921
By: James Wood
Series: Studies in Canadian military history
Publisher: UBC Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Vancouver
Language: eng
Number of pages: 350
ISBN-13: 9780774817653
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [327]-337) and index.
Table of contents: title: Canadian ideas of the citizen soldier; title: A military spirit in Canada, 1896-98; title: An army for empire, 1898-1901; title: "Don't call me Tommy," 1901-04; title: "Who are you going to fight?" 1905-1908; title: Continental commitments, 1909-11; title: Involuntary action, 1911-1914; title: War and citizenship, 1914-17; title: Victory and vindication, 1918-21; title: A citizen's duty in "Canada's Century"; title: Appendices. Total Canadian militia expenditures, 1894-1922 ; Canadian militia establishment and numbers trained, 1895-1914 ; Membership in military and civilian rifle associations, 1903-1914 ; Membership in school cadet corps, 1908-14 ; Compulsory vs. voluntary service : costs and results.