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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: McGeer, Eric (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, [2019]
Series:Canadian experience of war.
Subjects:
Canada. > Canadian Army. > Canadian Officers' Training Corps. > University of Toronto Contingent > History > 20th century.
Canada. > Canadian Army. > Canadian Officers' Training Corps > History > 20th century.
University of Toronto > History > 20th century.
Canada. > Canadian Army. > Canadian Officers' Training Corps
University of Toronto
1900-1999
Military education > Ontario > Toronto > History > 20th century.
Education, Higher > Ontario > Toronto > History > 20th century.
Enseignement supérieur > Ontario > Toronto > Histoire > 20e siècle.
HISTORY > Military > Canada.
Education, Higher
Military education
Toronto (Ont.) > History, Military > 20th century.
Ontario > Toronto
Canada.
University of Toronto.
academic environment.
leadership.
military.
officer selection and training.
service before self.
student life and attitudes.
training.
university at war.
History
Military history
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations
  • Commanding Officers
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1. "Old K": The University Rifle Company and Its Legacy, 1861-1914
  • Chapter 2. Born and Raised in War: The University of Toronto Contingent, 1914-1919
  • Chapter 3. Soldiering on in Peacetime: The University of Toronto Contingent, 1919-1939
  • Chapter 4. "The Child of the Last War": The University of Toronto Contingent, 1939-1945
  • Chapter 5. A Vital Link: The University of Toronto Contingent, 1945-1968
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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