Varsity's Soldiers : The University of Toronto Contingent of the Canadian Officers' Training Corps, 1914−1968 /

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"The role of Canadian universities in selecting and training officers for the armed forces is an important yet overlooked chapter in the history of higher education in Canada. For more than fifty years, the University of Toronto supported the largest and most active contingent of the Canadian O...

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Autor principal: McGeer, Eric (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : University of Toronto Press, [2019]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
University of Toronto.
Canada. > Canadian Army. > Canadian Officers' Training Corps.
University of Toronto > History > 20th century.
Canada. > Canadian Army. > Canadian Officers' Training Corps > History > 20th century.
Canada. > Canadian Army. > Canadian Officers' Training Corps. > University of Toronto Contingent > History > 20th century.
Military education.
Education, Higher.
HISTORY > Military > Canada.
Enseignement superieur > Ontario > Toronto > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Education, Higher > Ontario > Toronto > History > 20th century.
Military education > Ontario > Toronto > History > 20th century.
Ontario > Toronto.
Toronto (Ont.) > History, Military > 20th century.
Military history.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:"The role of Canadian universities in selecting and training officers for the armed forces is an important yet overlooked chapter in the history of higher education in Canada. For more than fifty years, the University of Toronto supported the largest and most active contingent of the Canadian Officers Training Corps (COTC), which sent thousands of officer candidates into the regular and reserve forces. Based on the rich fund of documents housed in the university archives, Varsity's Soldiers offers the first full-length history of military training in Toronto. Beginning with the formation of a student rifle company in 1861, and focussing on the story of the COTC from 1914 to 1968, author Eric McGeer seeks to enlarge appreciation of the university's remarkable contribution to the defence of Canada, the place of military education in an academic setting, and the experience of the students who embodied the ideal of service to alma mater and to country."--
Descripción Física:1 online resource (384 pages).
ISBN:9781487518103

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