Author: United States. Military Information Division. War Department
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 512
Book Description
Sources of Information on Military Information, a Classified List of Books and Publication, November 10, 1897
Author: United States. Military Information Division. War Department
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 512
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 512
Book Description
Filling the Ranks
Author: Richard Holt
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN: 0773549110
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 379
Book Description
Manpower is the lifeblood of armies regardless of time or place. In the First World War, much of Canada’s military effort went toward sustaining the Canadian Expeditionary Force, especially in France and Belgium. The job was not easy. The government and Department of Militia and Defence were tasked with recruiting and training hundreds of thousands of men, shipping them to England, and creating organizations on the continent meant to forward these men to their units. The first book to explore the issue of manpower in the Canadian Expeditionary Force, Filling the Ranks examines the administrative and organizational changes that fostered efficiency and sustained the army. Richard Holt describes national civilian and military recruitment policies and criteria both inside and outside of Canada; efforts to recruit women, convicts, and members of First Nations, African Canadian, Asian, and Slavic communities; the conduct of entry-level training; and the development of a coherent reinforcement structure. Canada’s ability to fill the ranks with trained soldiers ultimately helped make the Corps an elite formation within the British Expeditionary Force. Based on extensive research in British and Canadian archives, Filling the Ranks provides a wealth of new information on Canada"s role in the Great War.
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN: 0773549110
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 379
Book Description
Manpower is the lifeblood of armies regardless of time or place. In the First World War, much of Canada’s military effort went toward sustaining the Canadian Expeditionary Force, especially in France and Belgium. The job was not easy. The government and Department of Militia and Defence were tasked with recruiting and training hundreds of thousands of men, shipping them to England, and creating organizations on the continent meant to forward these men to their units. The first book to explore the issue of manpower in the Canadian Expeditionary Force, Filling the Ranks examines the administrative and organizational changes that fostered efficiency and sustained the army. Richard Holt describes national civilian and military recruitment policies and criteria both inside and outside of Canada; efforts to recruit women, convicts, and members of First Nations, African Canadian, Asian, and Slavic communities; the conduct of entry-level training; and the development of a coherent reinforcement structure. Canada’s ability to fill the ranks with trained soldiers ultimately helped make the Corps an elite formation within the British Expeditionary Force. Based on extensive research in British and Canadian archives, Filling the Ranks provides a wealth of new information on Canada"s role in the Great War.
Canadian Catalogue of Books
Author: Willet Ricketson Haight
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Catalogue of the Library of the Royal United Service Institution
Author: Royal United Service Institution (Great Britain). Library
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Military art and science
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Military art and science
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
An Imperial World at War
Author: Ashley Jackson
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317181891
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 439
Book Description
At the start of the Second World War, Britain was at the height of its imperial power, and it is no surprise that it drew upon the global resources of the Empire once war had been declared. Whilst this international aspect of Britain’s war effort has been well-studied in relation to the military contribution of individual dominions and colonies, relatively little has been written about the Empire as a whole. As such, An Imperial World at War makes an important contribution to the historiography relating to the British Empire and its wartime experience. It argues that the war needs to be viewed in imperial terms, that the role of forces drawn from the Empire is poorly understood and that the war's impact on colonial societies is barely grasped at all in conventional accounts. Through a series of case studies, the volume demonstrates the fundamental role played by the Empire in Britain’s war effort and highlights some of the consequences for both Britain and its imperial territories.Themes include the recruitment and utilization of military formations drawn from imperial territories, the experience of British forces stationed overseas, the use of strategic bases located in the colonies, British policy in the Middle East and the challenge posed by growing American power, the occupation of enemy colonies and the enemy occupation of British colonies, colonial civil defence measures, financial support for the war effort supplied by the Empire, and the commemoration of the war. The Afterword anticipates a new, decentred history of the war that properly acknowledges the role and importance of people and places throughout the colonial and semi-colonial world.’ This volume emanates from a conference organized as part of the ‘Home Fronts of the Empire – Commonwealth’ project. The project was generously funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council and led by Yasmin Khan and Ashley Jackson with Gajendra Singh as Postdoctoral Research Assistant.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317181891
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 439
Book Description
At the start of the Second World War, Britain was at the height of its imperial power, and it is no surprise that it drew upon the global resources of the Empire once war had been declared. Whilst this international aspect of Britain’s war effort has been well-studied in relation to the military contribution of individual dominions and colonies, relatively little has been written about the Empire as a whole. As such, An Imperial World at War makes an important contribution to the historiography relating to the British Empire and its wartime experience. It argues that the war needs to be viewed in imperial terms, that the role of forces drawn from the Empire is poorly understood and that the war's impact on colonial societies is barely grasped at all in conventional accounts. Through a series of case studies, the volume demonstrates the fundamental role played by the Empire in Britain’s war effort and highlights some of the consequences for both Britain and its imperial territories.Themes include the recruitment and utilization of military formations drawn from imperial territories, the experience of British forces stationed overseas, the use of strategic bases located in the colonies, British policy in the Middle East and the challenge posed by growing American power, the occupation of enemy colonies and the enemy occupation of British colonies, colonial civil defence measures, financial support for the war effort supplied by the Empire, and the commemoration of the war. The Afterword anticipates a new, decentred history of the war that properly acknowledges the role and importance of people and places throughout the colonial and semi-colonial world.’ This volume emanates from a conference organized as part of the ‘Home Fronts of the Empire – Commonwealth’ project. The project was generously funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council and led by Yasmin Khan and Ashley Jackson with Gajendra Singh as Postdoctoral Research Assistant.
The Canadian Way of War
Author: Bernd Horn
Publisher: Dundurn
ISBN: 1550026127
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 411
Book Description
This collection of essays underlines the reality that the "Canadian way of war" is a direct reflection of circumstances and political will.
Publisher: Dundurn
ISBN: 1550026127
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 411
Book Description
This collection of essays underlines the reality that the "Canadian way of war" is a direct reflection of circumstances and political will.
1896[ -1897] The Annual Canadian Catalogue of Books
Author: Willet Ricketson Haight
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 78
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 78
Book Description
Statement Showing the Name, Age and Residence of Militiamen of 1812-15
Author: Canada. Department of Militia and Defence
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
Cape Breton at 200
Author: Kenneth Joseph Donovan
Publisher: Cape Breton University Press
ISBN: 9780920336328
Category : Cape Breton Island (N.S.)
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
Publisher: Cape Breton University Press
ISBN: 9780920336328
Category : Cape Breton Island (N.S.)
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints
Author: Library of Congress
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Catalogs, Union
Languages : en
Pages : 712
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Catalogs, Union
Languages : en
Pages : 712
Book Description