Canada and "Imperial Defense" : : A Study of the Origins of the British Commonwealth's Defense Organization, 1867–1919 / / Richard A. Preston.
The long-standing need to explore the myth of "imperial defense" is at last answered by Dr. Preston's important reinterpretation of the evolution of British Empire and Commonwealth defense co-operation. The author's use of primary sources in the dominions for information regardin...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2019] ©1967 |
| Year of Publication: | 2019 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Heritage
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (600 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Preface
- Contents
- 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 Problems
- 12. Military Co-operation and Na val 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