Canada's RMC : A History of the Royal Military College / Richard A. Preston.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Preston, Richard A., Author.

Series:

Heritage

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Royal Military College of Canada--History.

Royal Military College of Canada.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (469 pages)

Place of Publication:

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Professor Preston trances the turbulent career of the Royal Military College of Canada from its beginnings, through the political upheavals of the 1800s and the following years when it was reformed to produce an important nucleus of the Canadian Expeditionary Force officer corps in World War I.

Contents:

Cover; FOREWORD; PREFACE; BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE; 1 Why the College was Founded; 2 The Establishment of the Military College in Kingston; 3 Colonel Hewett and the Old Eighteen, 1876-1880; 4 The Ridout Row and After, 1880-1886; 5 Marking Time under Oliver and Cameron, 1886-1891; 6 Politics, "Recruiting," and Decline, 1891-1896; 7 Kitson's Reforms, 1896-1901; 8 The Eve of War, 1901-1914; 9 Tested in War, 1914-1919; 10 Restored in Peace, 1919-1930; 11 Curriculum Revision and More "Recruiting," 1930-1939; 12 The Second World War, 1939-1945; 13 The Struggle to Re-open, 1942-1948

14 The Canadian Services Colleges, 1948-1962REFERENCES; APPENDICES; INDEX

Notes:

Reprinted in 2018.

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

ISBN:

1-4875-7950-0

OCLC:

1129178910