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War junk : munitions disposal and postwar reconstruction in Canada / Alex Souchen.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Souchen, Alex, 1986- author.
- Series:
- Studies in Canadian military history
- Studies in Canadian military history, 1499-6251
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Canada. Canadian Armed Forces.
- Surplus military property--Canada--History--20th century.
- Surplus military property.
- Economic conversion.
- History.
- Defense industries.
- Canada--Armed Forces--Supplies and stores--History--20th century.
- Canada.
- Defense industries--Canada--History--20th century.
- Economic conversion--Canada--History--20th century.
- Reconstruction (1939-1951)--Canada.
- Reconstruction (1939-1951).
- Armed Forces--Supplies and stores.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 282 pages : illustrations, charts ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Vancouver ; Toronto : UBC Press, 2020.
- Language Note:
- Text in English.
- Summary:
- "War Junk reveals the complex political, economic, social, and environmental legacies of munitions disposal in Canada. During the Second World War, Canadian factories produced mountains of munitions and supplies, including some 800 ships, 16,000 aircraft, 800,000 vehicles, and over 4.6 billion rounds of ammunition and artillery shells. Although they were crucial to winning the war, these assets turned into peacetime liabilities when hostilities ended in 1945. Drawing on comprehensive archival research, Alex Souchen provides a definitive account of the disposal crisis triggered by Allied victory and shows how Canadian policymakers implemented a disposal strategy that facilitated postwar reconstruction. Canadians responded to the unprecedented divestment of public property by reusing and recycling military surpluses to improve their postwar lives. From the fear of deflating markets with surplus assets to the thriftiness of upcycling the remnants of war, Souchen argues that the disposal of munitions and supplies was integral to the making of postwar Canada."-- Provided by publisher.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Souchen, Alex, 1986- War junk.
- ISBN:
- 9780774862929
- 0774862920
- OCLC:
- 1134988046
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