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Mobilize! : why Canada was unprepared for the Second World War / Larry D. Rose ; foreword by J.L. Granatstein.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rose, Larry D., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- World War, 1939-1945--Canada.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- Canada--Armed Forces--History--20th century.
- Canada.
- Canada--Armed Forces--Mobilization--History--20th century.
- Canada--Military policy.
- Canada--History, Military--20th century.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (337 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Toronto, [Ontario] : Dundurn, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Military specialist Larry D. Rose examines why Canada was not training and preparing to go to war before the declaration in 1939. The failures of all involved are examined, as are the other issues that delayed this important decision resulting in the significant loss of Canadians in Dieppe and in Hong Kong.
- Contents:
- War Stations
- Close to the Vanishing Point
- The Dazzling Ballistician and the Unspectacular Sailor
- The Fat Little Conjuror
- Canada in a Mad World
- Expanding Torrents, Huff Duff, and the First Letter of Obscene Words
- Right Up There with Joan of Arc
- Bren Gun Misfire
- A Total and Unmitigated Defeat
- Who Can Hope to Appease a Boa Constrictor?
- Fixing to Chaw the Goddam Nazis to Death
- Ugly Surprises, Awful Miscalculations
- Pull Down the Blinds and Hide Under the Bed
- Appendix Military Enlistments by Province.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-4597-1065-7
- OCLC:
- 865475316
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