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Zombie army : the Canadian Army and conscription in the Second World War Cover Image Book Book

Zombie army : the Canadian Army and conscription in the Second World War / Daniel Byers.

Byers, Daniel Thomas, 1968- (author.).

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  • ISBN: 9780774830522
  • Physical Description: xiii, 324 pages : illustrations, portraits, maps ; 24 cm.
  • Publisher: Vancouver ; UBC Press, [2016]

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Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-311) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Conscription and Canadian history, 1627-1939 -- Mobilizing Canada: the creation of the thirty-day training system, 1939-40 -- Enshrining the NRMA: compulsory military service, 1940-41 -- Creating the "Big Army": conscription and army expansion, 1941-43 -- Canada's zombies, part 1: a statistical portrait -- Canada's zombies, part 2: life in uniform -- "No stone... unturned": the failure of conscription and the Big Army, 1943-44 -- Revolt or realization? the NRMA and the conscription crisis of 1944 -- Epilogue: Conscription and Canadians in the Second World War.

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Subject: Canada. Canadian Army > Recruiting, enlistment, etc. > World War, 1939-1945.
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World War, 1939-1945 > Canada.
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