Canada and the Great War: Western Front Association Papers - Softcover

Busch, Briton C.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 077352570X ISBN 13: 9780773525702

Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2003

Synopsis

The topics covered are wide-ranging and eclectic, and include, among others, studies of the Battle of Amiens, the Halifax explosion, Charlie Chaplin and wartime propaganda in the Canadian Expeditionary Force, Newfoundland's contribution to the war effort, the leadership capabilities of Brigadier General Griesbach, and the wartime poetry of John McRae. Contributors include Major John Armstrong (ret.), author many articles on military history and an administrative specialist in the Canadian Forces for thirty-two years, including stints as an instructor in history at the Royal Military College; Laura Brandon, curator of war art at the Canadian War Museum and co-author of Canvas of War: Painting and the Canadian Experience, 1914-1918; Patrick Brennan, associate professor of history at the University of Calgary; Tim Cook, archivist at the National Archives of Canada; Owen Cooke, independent researcher and former chief archivist at the Directorate of History, Canadian Department of National Defence; Andrew Horrall, archivist in charge of military records at the National Archives of Canada; John Hurst, retired administrator from the University of Guelph and head of the Ontario Branch of the WFA ; Jeff Keshen, associate professor of history at the University of Ottawa; David Parsons, Lt. Colonel with the Canadian Forces in Korea and chair of the Newfoundland Branch of the WFA; Roger Sarty, director of Historical Research and Exhibit Development at the Canadian War Museum; Christopher J. Terry, director, Canada Science and Technology Museums and chair of the Aviation Museum Group of the International Association of Transportation Museums; and Sidney F. Wise, professor emeritus in history and former dean of Graduate Studies and Research at Carleton University.

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"A collection of well-researched articles. I was particularly impressed with Patrick Brennan's essay on General Griesbach, a long overdue assessment of the remarkable man based on careful use of archival sources. I enjoyed the other essays which offer other approaches to the war but it is the contributions of Horral, Cook, Brennan, and Wise that make this collection a must." Terry Copp, Department of History, Wilfred Laurier University /// "Horrall's essay on Charlie Chaplin is fresh and interesting, and draws from the most recent works on popular culture. Brennan's article is an important study of a commander who has been undeservedly ignored, and Owen Cooke's also sheds light on a subject about which too little is known." Jonathan Vance, Department of History, University of Western Ontario " ... intriguing ..."--Times Literary Supplement, 10 October, 2003

Edition details

• Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 077352570X
• ISBN 13: 9780773525702
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 240