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A thoroughly Canadian general : a biography of General H.D.G. Crerar / Paul Douglas Dickson.
LIBRA U55.C73 D53 2007
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dickson, Paul Douglas, 1963-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Crerar, Henry Duncan Graham, 1888-1965.
- Crerar, Henry Duncan Graham.
- Canada. Canadian Army--History.
- Canada.
- Canada. Canadian Army--Biography.
- Canada. Canadian Army.
- Generals--Canada--Biography.
- Generals.
- History.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xxiii, 571 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2007]
- Contents:
- Map Credits xliv
- 1 Hamilton Roots 3
- 2 Baptism of Fire 25
- 3 The Killing Ground 46
- 4 Learning the Game 69
- 5 Stagnation 86
- 6 The Politics of Preparedness 100
- 7 Limited Liability War 118
- 8 Chief of the General Staff 137
- 9 Hong Kong and the Politics of Army Expansion 157
- 10 Father of First Canadian Army 174
- 11 Preparing 1st Canadian Corps 184
- 12 Dieppe 198
- 13 Replacing McNaughton 211
- 14 Corps Command in Italy 226
- 15 Taking Command of the Army 237
- 16 First Canadian Army and Overlord 260
- 17 The Normandy Campaign 283
- 18 The Learning Curve: Totalize and Tractable 304
- 19 Coalition Battles 321
- 20 First Canadian Army and the Scheldt 337
- 21 The Rhineland Offensive 360
- 22 Veritable: Crerar's Battle 381
- 23 The Final Campaign 401
- 24 Casting the Postwar Army 422
- 25 Fading Away 442.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Includes bibliographical references: pages [543]-557.
- ISBN:
- 9780802008022
- 080200802X
- OCLC:
- 84989191
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