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The politics of command : Lieutenant-General A.G.L. McNaughton and the Canadian army, 1939-1943 /

In December 1943, Lieutenant-General A.G.L. McNaughton resigned from command of the 1st Canadian Army amidst criticism of his poor generalship and of his abrasive personality. Despite McNaughton's importance to the Canadian Army during the first four years of the Second World War, little has be...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Rickard, John Nelson, 1969-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Toronto [Ont.] : University of Toronto Press, ©2010
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Part One: The Making of Andy McNaughton
  • Early Life and the Crucible of the First World War
  • The Road to High Command
  • Part Two: The Problem of Deploying the Army
  • A Willingness to Fight, 1940-1941
  • From ROUNDUP to TORCH
  • Practical Operations of War
  • Part Three: McNaughton as Military Commander and Trainer
  • The Difficulty of Training in 1940
  • The Politics of Training
  • Enter Montgomery
  • Exercise SPARTAN
  • The Long Shadow of SPARTAN
  • Part Four: The End of an Idea
  • The Sicily Incident
  • Broken Dagger: A Corps in Italy
  • The Final Months of McNaughton's Command
  • Epilogue
  • Conclusion
  • Appendices.