World War I
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From ![]() Say ‘Resurgam’!From: Churchill and Fisher |
Historian Barry Gough examines Winston Churchill’s defence of the Dardanelles campagin despite high casualities and cost while Jack Fisher takes a position at the Admiralty Board of … | Barry Gough | 45 | 2017 | $4.50 Add |
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From ![]() Selected Bibliography |
Short bibliography of selected works. | Dan Black | 5 | 2019 | $0.50 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Selected BibliographyFrom: War Among the Clouds |
This section includes Wilson’s selected bibliography. | Brent J. Wilson | 3 | 2024 | $0.30 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Selfless ServiceWomen and Volunteering in Wartime From: Material Traces of War |
In both world wars, volunteering was arguably the most socially acceptable manner for women to support the war effort. This chapter includes a number of stories of individuals whose contributions … | Krista Cooke; Molly McCullough; Stacey Barker | 54 | 2021 | $5.40 Add |
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From ![]() Service in France at No. 1 Canadian General HospitalFrom: Asleep in the Deep |
Anna Stamers was transfered to France in 1916. Hospitals in France were set up to receive all incoming wounded from the Allied forces, as well as civilians and prisoners of war. Horrible … | Dianne Kelly | 32 | 2021 | $3.20 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Service on Other War FrontsFrom: War Among the Clouds |
This chapter continues to highlight the operations and experiences of the New Brunswick men who served on other war fronts, including in Italy, Egypt, Macedonia, and in parts of Russia. | Brent J. Wilson | 13 | 2024 | $1.30 Add |
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From ![]() Signing up to ServeFrom: Asleep in the Deep |
This chapter describes the distinctive Canadian Nursing Sister uniform and the procedures undergone to recruit and select nurses for the Canadian Army Medical Corp once war was declared. … | Dianne Kelly | 18 | 2021 | $1.80 Add |
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From ![]() Socialism and Democratization |
The elite tries to exorcize the proletarian threat not only by using the “stick” of bloody repression but also the “carrot” of social legislation and political reforms. … | Jacques R. Pauwels | 12 | 2016 | $1.20 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! That Men May FightWomen and Military Service during the World Wars From: Material Traces of War |
This chapter describes what some Canadian women did in the military along with how they pushed and lobbied for expanded roles. From military nurses in both wars, to paramilitary auxiliary corps, … | Krista Cooke; Molly McCullough; Stacey Barker | 71 | 2021 | $7.10 Add |
![]() The Bitter Harvest of WarNew Brunswick and the Conscription Crisis of 1917 |
In 1917, the Canadian Corps captured Vimy Ridge in northern France, and a myth grew that Canada — as a nation — was born on its slopes. But the cost was tremendous: 10,000 Canadians … | 120 | View | ||
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From ![]() The End of Politics |
1914. When war breaks out, the elite is delighted, and understandably so: strikes and other social troubles suddenly come to an end, the revolutionary threat goes up in smoke, and the political … | Jacques R. Pauwels | 24 | 2016 | $2.40 Add |
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From ![]() The First World War and the Twenties, 1911–1929 |
Describes Ottawa’s efforts to supersede provincial powers especially concerning natural resources from 1911-1929. | Ed Whitcomb | 17 | 2017 | $1.70 Add |
![]() The Great Class War 1914-1918 |
Far from an accident of history, the First World War was a long sought-after event welcomed by European elites as a check against democratization and socialist reforms — but the war had … | View | |||
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From ![]() The Most Glittering PostFrom: Churchill and Fisher |
Historian Barry Gough examines Winston Churchill’s early career (1909-1912) as well as his personal life during this period. He focuses on his work at the Home Office, his relationship with … | Barry Gough | 26 | 2017 | $2.60 Add |
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From ![]() The Nobility and the BourgeoisieA Counterrevolutionary Symbiosis |
After its traumatic experiences of 1848 and 1871 — respectively “the crazy year” and the annus horribilis of the Paris Commune — the bourgeoisie ceases to be revolutionary … | Jacques R. Pauwels | 20 | 2016 | $2.00 Add |
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From ![]() The Revolutions of 1789, 1830, and 1848First Steps Toward Democracy |
The French Revolution of 1789, in which the bourgeoisie, the peasants and the workers challenge the king, the nobility, and the church, sets in motion the march toward democracy, the emancipation … | Jacques R. Pauwels | 14 | 2016 | $1.40 Add |












