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A national force : the evolution of Canada's army, 1950-2000 /

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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kasurak, Peter, 1949- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Vancouver [British Columbia] : UBC Press, [2013]
Colección:Studies in Canadian military history,
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.