Canada and "Imperial Defense" : A Study of the Origins of the British Commonwealth's Defense Organization, 1867-1919 / Richard A. Preston.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Preston, Richard A., Author.

Series:

Publication (Duke University. Commonwealth-Studies Center) ; Number 29.

Heritage

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Great Britain--Defenses.

Great Britain.

Canada--Defenses.

Canada.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (599 pages).

Place of Publication:

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Dr. Preston explains the vital importance of the colonies in the success of Commonwealth war efforts. His study seek the origins of British Commonwealth relationships in the history of the dominion, and especially of Canadian, military and naval developments.

Contents:

Cover; Introduction; 1. Colonial Defense; 2. The American Civil War and the Defense of Canada; 3. The Origins of Canadian Control of Military Affairs; 4. A Naval Mirage

Imperial Defense, 1870-1897; 5. The Bombardment Bogie, the Sudan, and Canada; 6. Rebellion in the Canadian West and the Canadian Militia, 1885-1895; 7. "The Necessity for an Army as well as a Navy ... "; 8. Hutton and a Canadian National Army; 9. The Boer War, the Reinvigoration of Imperialism, -or of Colonial Nationalism?; 10. The Defeat of Imperial Defense Centralization

11. British Military Reforms and Canadian Defense Problems12. Military Co-operation and Naval Decentralization; 13. The Dreadnought Crisis and Its Effects; 14. An Empire United but Diverse, 1911-1914; 15. Commonwealth Defense Co-operation Matures in War; Selective Bibliography; Index

Notes:

"Published under the Auspices of Duke University Commonwealth-Studies Center."

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

ISBN:

1-4875-8006-1

OCLC:

1129218209