Winning the second battle : Canadian veterans and the return to civilian life 1915-1930 /

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Desmond Morton and Glenn Wright point out that Canada was a leader among its allies in devising plans for the retraining of disabled soldiers. The story of that defeat, never told until now, reveals a great deal about Canadian government, pressure group, and politics in the interwar period.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Morton, Desmond
Otros Autores: Wright, Glenn T.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto ; London : University of Toronto Press, ©1987.
Colección:Heritage.
Temas:
Veterans > Canada.
Disabled veterans > Canada.
Anciens combattants > Canada.
Invalides de guerre > Canada.
HISTORY > Military > Other.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Military Science.
HISTORY > Military > Veterans.
Disabled veterans.
Veterans.
Canada.
Canada > War veterans > Social conditions > Policies of government
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Preface; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; 1 VETERANS; The advent of war; Returned men; The veteran experience; Adjusting to crisis; 2 'A MOTHERLY TOUCH'; Providing enough beds; Patients deserving and undeserving; Retraining amid difficulties; The year of expansion; 3 AVOIDING THE 'PENSION EVIL'; Pension experience; Criticism, reform, and J.L. Todd; The pension commissioners; Growing pains and adjustment; 4 VOICES FROM THE RANKS; Returned soldiers' associations; The Great War veterans; Pensions and re-establishment; Veterans, aliens, and politics; 5 THE 'DEPARTMENT OF DEMOBILIZATION'
  • Civilian or military?Soldiers' civil re-establishment; Restoring the disabled
  • theory; When the fit return; 6 THE YEAR OF THE BONUS; Demobilization planning; Shipping problems; Soldier to civilian; Organization and a bonus; 'Flynnism' and Parliament; 7 RE-ESTABLISHMENT AND SETTLEMENT; Restoring the disabled
  • practice; Re-establishing the disabled; Soldier settlement; The testing of success; 8 THE RALSTON COMMISSION; Pension principles and law; 'Tightening up'; Veterans aggrieved; Appraising re-establishment; 9 VETERANS' UNITY; Veterans of the world, unite; The year of amalgamation
  • The canteen fundThe Canadian Legion; 10 THE DEPARTMENT OF PENSIONS AND NATIONAL HEALTH; Dwindling responsibility; Tribunals and appeals; The depression crisis; A time of memories; Statistical appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Picture credits; Index

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