Winning the Second Battle : Canadian Veterans and the Return to Civilian Life 1915-1930 / Desmond Morton, Glenn Wright.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Morton, Desmond, author.

Wright, Glenn, author.

Series:

Heritage

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Veterans--Canada.

Veterans.

Canada.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 328 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Desmond Morton and Glenn Wright point out that Canada was a leader among its allies in devising plans for the retraining of disabled soldiers. The story of that defeat, never told until now, reveals a great deal about Canadian government, pressure group, and politics in the interwar period.

Contents:

Cover; Preface; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; 1 VETERANS; The advent of war; Returned men; The veteran experience; Adjusting to crisis; 2 'A MOTHERLY TOUCH'; Providing enough beds; Patients deserving and undeserving; Retraining amid difficulties; The year of expansion; 3 AVOIDING THE 'PENSION EVIL'; Pension experience; Criticism, reform, and J.L. Todd; The pension commissioners; Growing pains and adjustment; 4 VOICES FROM THE RANKS; Returned soldiers' associations; The Great War veterans; Pensions and re-establishment; Veterans, aliens, and politics; 5 THE 'DEPARTMENT OF DEMOBILIZATION'

Civilian or military?Soldiers' civil re-establishment; Restoring the disabled

theory; When the fit return; 6 THE YEAR OF THE BONUS; Demobilization planning; Shipping problems; Soldier to civilian; Organization and a bonus; 'Flynnism' and Parliament; 7 RE-ESTABLISHMENT AND SETTLEMENT; Restoring the disabled

practice; Re-establishing the disabled; Soldier settlement; The testing of success; 8 THE RALSTON COMMISSION; Pension principles and law; 'Tightening up'; Veterans aggrieved; Appraising re-establishment; 9 VETERANS' UNITY; Veterans of the world, unite; The year of amalgamation

The canteen fundThe Canadian Legion; 10 THE DEPARTMENT OF PENSIONS AND NATIONAL HEALTH; Dwindling responsibility; Tribunals and appeals; The depression crisis; A time of memories; Statistical appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Picture credits; Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Nov 2019)

ISBN:

1-4875-7795-8

OCLC:

1129182655