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Varsity's soldiers : the University of Toronto Contingent, Canadian Officers' Training Corps, 1914-1968 / Eric McGeer.
LIBRA U444.T67 L1 2019
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McGeer, Eric, author.
- Series:
- Canadian experience of war
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Canada. Canadian Army. Canadian Officers' Training Corps. University of Toronto Contingent--History--20th century.
- Canada.
- Canada. Canadian Army. Canadian Officers' Training Corps--History--20th century.
- University of Toronto--History--20th century.
- University of Toronto.
- Canada. Canadian Army. Canadian Officers' Training Corps.
- Military education--Ontario--Toronto--History--20th century.
- Military education.
- Education, Higher--Ontario--Toronto--History--20th century.
- Education, Higher.
- History.
- Toronto (Ont.)--History, Military--20th century.
- Toronto (Ont.).
- Ontario--Toronto.
- Genre:
- History.
- Military history.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 373 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.
- Other Title:
- University of Toronto Contingent, Canadian Officers' Training Corps, 1914-1968
- Place of Publication:
- Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, [2019]
- Summary:
- "The role of Canadian universities in selecting and training officers for the armed forces is an important yet overlooked chapter in the history of higher education in Canada. For more than fifty years, the University of Toronto supported the largest and most active contingent of the Canadian Officers Training Corps (COTC), which sent thousands of officer candidates into the regular and reserve forces. Based on the rich fund of documents housed in the university archives, Varsity's Soldiers offers the first full-length history of military training in Toronto. Beginning with the formation of a student rifle company in 1861, and focussing on the story of the COTC from 1914 to 1968, author Eric McGeer seeks to enlarge appreciation of the university's remarkable contribution to the defence of Canada, the place of military education in an academic setting, and the experience of the students who embodied the ideal of service to alma mater and to country."-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- 1 "Old K": The University Rifle Company and Its Legacy, 1861-1914 p. 18
- 2 Born and Raised in War: The University of Toronto Contingent 1914-1919 p. 70
- 3 Soldiering on in Peacetime: The University of Toronto Contingent, 1919-1939 p. 119
- 4 "The Child of the Last War": The University of Toronto Contingent, 1939-1945 p. 159
- 5 A Vital Link: The University of Toronto Contingent, 1945-1968 p. 208.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 351-366) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781487503529
- 1487503520
- OCLC:
- 1005891582
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