World War I
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From ![]() Chapter TwoVimy Ridge and Conscription, January - November 1917 |
In this chapter, Theobald provides an overview on the bitter debate over conscription in New Brunswick and across Canada. Both federally and provincially, the Conservatives and Liberals were … | Andrew Theobald | 23 | 2008 | $2.30 Add |
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From ![]() China to Canada: Death at Sea |
Within the story of Livingstone’s return journey to Canada, Black details the conditions on board CLC ships and the many ailments faced by the men of the CLC. (Chapter includes two photographs) | Dan Black | 22 | 2019 | $2.20 Add |
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From ![]() China to Canada: Examinations and Inoculations |
The chapter outlines the health and physical requirements CLC recruits had to meet in order to join the corps. (Chapter includes four photographs) | Dan Black | 21 | 2019 | $2.10 Add |
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From ![]() China to Canada: Life and Death at William Head |
The chapter examines daily life at William Head for the men of the CLC. (Chapter includes three photographs) | Dan Black | 21 | 2019 | $2.10 Add |
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From ![]() China to Canada: New Arrivals, Old Assumptions |
CLC contingents often spent months at William Head due to outbreaks of small pox, scarlet fever, and other contagious diseases sailing to Canada. (Chapter includes one map and three photographs) | Dan Black | 20 | 2019 | $2.00 Add |
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From ![]() China to Canada: Quarantined at William Head |
A short history of William Head, a quarantine station on Canada’s west coast that housed the CLC men arriving from China. (Chapter includes one photograph) | Dan Black | 19 | 2019 | $1.90 Add |
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From ![]() China to Canada: Veil of Secrecy |
As Livingstone and a contingent of CLC men set sail for Canada, the Canadian government issues an edict to keep the arrival and transportation of the CLC across the country secret. (Chapter … | Dan Black | 22 | 2019 | $2.20 Add |
![]() Churchill and FisherThe titans at the Admiralty who fought the First World War |
A vivid study of the politics and stress of high command, this book describes the decisive roles of young Winston Churchill as political head of the Admiralty during the First World War. … | 656 | View | ||
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From ![]() Class Wars from 1945 to the Present |
Like the Great War, the Second War produces a most unsatisfactory outcome for the elite of the “Western” World, namely a triumph of the Soviet homeland of revolution and the resulting … | Jacques R. Pauwels | 25 | 2016 | $2.50 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Coming Home and Moving OnFrom: War Among the Clouds |
This chapter discusses what life was like for the New Brunswick airmen who had returned home, sharing how they remembered those who were lost and their efforts to resume their lives in the … | Brent J. Wilson | 20 | 2024 | $2.00 Add |
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From ![]() ‘Commence Hostilities against Germany’From: Churchill and Fisher |
Historian Barry Gough provides a close examination of the first year of the First World War (1914) with emphasis on Winston Churchill’s contributions. He focuses on the decision to go to … | Barry Gough | 71 | 2017 | $7.10 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! ConclusionFrom: Material Traces of War |
In the conclusion, the authors explore the return to "normalcy" after the end of war. For the women in this book, the return to normalcy was a mixed bag. | Krista Cooke; Molly McCullough; Stacey Barker | 4 | 2021 | $0.40 Add |
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From ![]() Conclusion |
Andrew Theobald | 7 | 2008 | $0.70 Add | |
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From ![]() Coolness, Courage, and SkillFrom: Asleep in the Deep |
This chapter summarizes the experience of Canadian nurses through the details of one woman’s service. Anna Stamers’ and other’s endurance and courage is described. | Dianne Kelly | 6 | 2021 | $0.60 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! "Deeply Regret to Inform you"Women, Worry, and Loss From: Material Traces of War |
This chapter looks at the stress and anguish that was women’s persistent and most commonly shared experience of the world wars. Here, the authors consider objects that suggest women’s … | Krista Cooke; Molly McCullough; Stacey Barker | 54 | 2021 | $5.40 Add |
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From ![]() Disgruntled Soldiers and Civilians |
In the course of the year 1916 it becomes increasingly evident that soldiers as well as civilians are disgruntled and restless. The workers and other plebeians are experiencing great difficulties … | Jacques R. Pauwels | 24 | 2016 | $78.48 Add |










