A Peculiar Kind of Politics : : Canada's Overseas Ministry in the First World War / / Desmond Morton.
The First Contingent left Canada in September 1914, destined to become an integral part of the British Army. When the Canadian Corps returned in 1919, it was part of a Canadian Army, commanded by Canadians and controlled by Ottawa. That transformation reflected the real emergence of Canada from colo...
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Morton, Desmond, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut A Peculiar Kind of Politics : Canada's Overseas Ministry in the First World War / Desmond Morton. Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2019] ©1982 1 online resource (288 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Heritage Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- A Note on Military Terms and Values -- 1. The Contingent -- 2. Confusion -- 3. John Wallace Carson -- 3. John Wallace Carson -- 5. The Overseas Ministry -- 6. Gaining Control -- 7. Conscription -- 8. Kemp's Ministry -- 9. Final Stages -- 10. Winding Up -- Appendix. Overseas Forces from the Other Dominions -- Notes -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star The First Contingent left Canada in September 1914, destined to become an integral part of the British Army. When the Canadian Corps returned in 1919, it was part of a Canadian Army, commanded by Canadians and controlled by Ottawa. That transformation reflected the real emergence of Canada from colonial status to the role of a junior but sovereign ally. In this book, Desmond Morton shows that the change was not easy and that most of the difficulties were created by Canadians themselves. He reveals that the mossiest agent of change was Canada’s Minister of Militia, Sir Sam Hughes. Determined to exercise personal control over every aspect of the CEF, Hughes deliberately fostered confusion, conflict, and political intrigue in the Canadian administration in England. To overcome Hughes’s failure, a full government department – the Ministry of the Overseas Military Forces of Canada – was established in London under the direction of Sir George Perley. Staffed by Canadians like Sir Richard Turner, who had earned his reputation in France, the department achieved a marked improvement in every facet of Canadian military administration in England. It formed the basis for increasingly effective control of Canadian Forces in France and also played a part in winning overwhelming support for the Union government from soldiers voting in the 1917 election. The Overseas Ministry proceed to strengthen civilian and political control without resorting to the political patronage of the Hughes era, established direct Canadian liaison with the British General Headquarters in the field, and, after 11 November, coped with the enormous and unprecedented problems of demobilization.A Peculiar Kind of Politics presents the inside story of how Canadians earned their autonomy in war through the increasing competence they displayed, not merely in action, but in their own administrative management. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Aug 2021) World War, 1914-1918 Canada. POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Canadian. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999 9783110490947 https://doi.org/10.3138/9781487578046 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781487578046 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9781487578046.jpg |
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