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Strategic cousins : Australian and Canadian expeditionary forces and the British and American empires / John C. Blaxland.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Blaxland, John Charles, 1963-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Australia--Armed Forces--Foreign countries--History.
- Australia.
- Australia--Foreign relations.
- Canada--Armed Forces--Foreign countries--History.
- Canada.
- Great Britain--Foreign relations--20th century.
- Great Britain.
- Great Britain--Military policy.
- United States--Foreign relations--20th century.
- United States.
- United States--Military policy.
- Australia--History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (427 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Montreal ; Ithaca : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2006.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Australia and Canada may have different security strategies, reflecting contrasting domestic circumstances, but John Blaxland shows that common interests have led their forces to work together for over a century. Strategic Cousins examines the role of the professional armed forces of these geographically distant nations through a comparison of their historical experiences with expeditionary land forces.
- Contents:
- Prior to the First World War
- First World War
- Inter-war years
- Second World War
- Cold War onset
- Cold War divergence
- Post-Cold War reconvergence
- Responding to the long war on terrorism.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-86738-5
- 9786612867385
- 0-7735-7694-0
- OCLC:
- 759157060
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