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Unwanted Warriors: The Rejected Volunteers of the Canadian Expeditionary Force
ISBN: 9780774828895 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Unwanted Warriors uncovers the history of Canada's first casualties of the Great War ? men who tried to enlist but were deemed "unfit for service." What impact did military exclusion have on these men? Nic Clarke looks for answers in the service files of 3,400 rejected volunteers and explores the mechanics of the medical examination, the physical and psychological qualities that the authorities believed made a fighting man, and how evaluations changed as the war dragged on. In the process, he exposes the deleterious effects that socially constructed norms about health and fitness... Unwanted Warriors uncovers the history of Canada's first casualties of the Great War ? men who tried to enlist but were deemed "unfit for se... |
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134,81 zł |
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Strangers in Arms: Combat Motivation in the Canadian Army, 1943-1945
ISBN: 9780773547254 / Angielski / Twarda / 328 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A penetrating study of why soldiers fight and what sustained Canadians in battle during the Second World War.
A penetrating study of why soldiers fight and what sustained Canadians in battle during the Second World War.
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186,73 zł |
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Port Elgin's War: A History of a Canadian Town and the 98th (Bruce) Anti-tank Battery during the Second World War
ISBN: 9781517396862 / Angielski / Miękka / 262 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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90,41 zł |
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World War 1: World War I in 50 Events: From the Very Beginning to the Fall of the Central Powers (War Books, World War 1 Books, War
ISBN: 9781530767892 / Angielski / Miękka / 86 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Do you want to learn how the Great War began, was fought and ultimately won by the Allied Forces Read about the 50 most important events of World War I, from the very beginning to the fall of the Central Powers. This book is perfect for history lovers. Author James Weber did the research and compiled this huge list of events and battles that changed the course of history forever. Some of them include: - The Defeat of the Russian 2nd Army in the Battle of Tannenberg (August 26, 1914) - The First Battle of Ypres (October 18, 1914) - The Sinking of the RMS Lusitania (May 7, 1915) - The...
Do you want to learn how the Great War began, was fought and ultimately won by the Allied Forces Read about the 50 most important events of World War ...
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63,24 zł |
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The Escape of a Princess Pat
ISBN: 9781535374330 / Angielski / Miękka / 124 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Escape of a Princess Pat is a World War One history by George Pearson that provides an account of the capture and fifteen months' imprisonment of Corporal Edwards, of the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, and his final escape from Germany into Holland
The Escape of a Princess Pat is a World War One history by George Pearson that provides an account of the capture and fifteen months' imprisonment of ...
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30,51 zł |
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Canadian Expeditionary Force, 1914-1919: Official History of the Canadian Army in the First World Warvolume 235
ISBN: 9780773546189 / Angielski / Miękka / 672 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Colonel G.W.L. Nicholson's Canadian Expeditionary Force, 1914-1919 was first published by the Department of National Defence in 1962 as the official history of the Canadian Army s involvement in the First World War. Immediately after the war ended Colonel A. Fortescue Duguid made a first attempt to write an official history of the war, but the ill-fated project produced only the first of an anticipated eight volumes. Decades later, G.W.L. Nicholson - already the author of an official history of the Second World War - was commissioned to write a new official history of the First. Illustrated...
Colonel G.W.L. Nicholson's Canadian Expeditionary Force, 1914-1919 was first published by the Department of National Defence in 1962 as the official h...
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202,29 zł |
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The Conscription Crisis of 1944
ISBN: 9781442639782 / Angielski / Miękka / 138 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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93,31 zł |
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Letters to Vimy
ISBN: 9781460293331 / Angielski / Twarda / 378 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Dear Uncle Oscar... I'm going to put a note on the back of our book to explain to readers what our correspondence inside is all about. It goes like this... A hundred years ago a German shell dropped on Pte. Oscar French on Vimy Ridge and ended his adventures in the First World War. A century later author Orland French replies to Oscar's real letters home to his mother and tells him, in his own sardonic style, how the world turned out after the horrific War to End All Wars. Letters to Vimy is an excellent and highly entertaining personal guide to the birth and growth of... Dear Uncle Oscar... I'm going to put a note on the back of our book to explain to readers what our correspondence inside is all about. It go... |
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163,88 zł |
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Letters to Vimy
ISBN: 9781460293348 / Angielski / Miękka / 378 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Dear Uncle Oscar... I'm going to put a note on the back of our book to explain to readers what our correspondence inside is all about. It goes like this... A hundred years ago a German shell dropped on Pte. Oscar French on Vimy Ridge and ended his adventures in the First World War. A century later author Orland French replies to Oscar's real letters home to his mother and tells him, in his own sardonic style, how the world turned out after the horrific War to End All Wars. Letters to Vimy is an excellent and highly entertaining personal guide to the birth and growth of... Dear Uncle Oscar... I'm going to put a note on the back of our book to explain to readers what our correspondence inside is all about. It go... |
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113,26 zł |
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Tin-Can Canucks: A Century of Canadian Destroyers
ISBN: 9780969154822 / Angielski / Miękka / 348 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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81,13 zł |
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Crerar's Lieutenants: Inventing the Canadian Junior Army Officer, 1939-45
ISBN: 9780774834834 / Angielski / Twarda / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book illustrates not only the challenges many junior officers faced during the Second World War, it also points to the enduring problem of living up to the image of an ideal middle-class male.
This book illustrates not only the challenges many junior officers faced during the Second World War, it also points to the enduring problem of living...
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409,77 zł |
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The Price of Alliance: The Politics and Procurement of Leopard Tanks for Canada's NATO Brigade
ISBN: 9780774835183 / Angielski / Twarda / 188 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Price of Alliance balances high politics with military requirements in the first major reappraisal of Pierre Trudeau's controversial defence policy.
The Price of Alliance balances high politics with military requirements in the first major reappraisal of Pierre Trudeau's controversial defence polic...
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363,09 zł |
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Reluctant Warriors: Canadian Conscripts and the Great War
ISBN: 9780774835978 / Angielski / Twarda / 332 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The first in-depth examination of Canadian conscripts in the final battles of the Great War, Reluctant Warriors provides fresh evidence that conscripts were good soldiers who fought valiantly and made a crucial contribution to the success of the Canadian Corps in 1918.
The first in-depth examination of Canadian conscripts in the final battles of the Great War, Reluctant Warriors provides fresh evidence that conscript...
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160,80 zł |
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Rebels on the Niagara: The Fenian Invasion of Canada, 1866
ISBN: 9781438467511 / Angielski / Twarda / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In what is now largely considered a footnote in history, Americans invaded Canada along the Niagara Frontier in 1866. The group behind the invasion--the Fenian Brotherhood--was formed in 1858 by Irish nationalists in New York City in order to fight for Irish independence from Britain. At the end of the American Civil War, Fenian leaders attempted to use Irish Americans, many of them combat veterans, to seize Canada and make it the "New Ireland" as a means to force the British from "old" Ireland. New York State was both the epicenter of Fenian leadership and a key support base and staging area...
In what is now largely considered a footnote in history, Americans invaded Canada along the Niagara Frontier in 1866. The group behind the invasion--t...
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394,59 zł |
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Canadians and War Volume 2: Vimy Ridge
ISBN: 9780995006096 / Angielski / Miękka / 122 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Description Often touted as the moment that made Canada a nation, the Battle of Vimy Ridge has attained almost legendary status in the canon of our history. This collection of essays explores and analyses the specific battle itself as well as some of the historical meaning surrounding the events. Karen Hann, in “A Dominion Comes of Age: The Battle of Vimy Ridge,” presents a basic look at the battle itself. Hann introduces the main players, discusses troop movements, and explains some of the historical and political significances of the various elements of the... Description Often touted as the moment that made Canada a nation, the Battle of Vimy Ridge has attained almost legendary status in the canon ... |
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73,14 zł |
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Shoestring Soldiers: The 1st Canadian Division at War, 1914-1915
ISBN: 9781487523121 / Angielski / Miękka / 370 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Shoestring Soldiers incorporates a wealth of research material from official documents, soldiers' letters and diaries, and the battlefields themselves, surveyed extensively by the author. It marks an important contribution to the growing body of literature on Canada in the First World War.
Shoestring Soldiers incorporates a wealth of research material from official documents, soldiers' letters and diaries, and the battlefields themselves...
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165,98 zł |
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Varsity's Soldiers: The University of Toronto Contingent of the Canadian Officers' Training Corps, 1914-1968
ISBN: 9781487503529 / Angielski / Twarda / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Based on the rich fund of documents housed in the University of Toronto archives, Varsity's Soldiers offers the first full-length history of military training in Toronto.
Based on the rich fund of documents housed in the University of Toronto archives, Varsity's Soldiers offers the first full-length history of military ...
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290,47 zł |
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The Making of a Tattoo: Canadian Armed Forces Tattoo 1967
ISBN: 9781525514036 / Angielski / Twarda / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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182,70 zł |
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The Making of a Tattoo: Canadian Armed Forces Tattoo 1967
ISBN: 9781525514043 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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135,18 zł |
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Crerar's Lieutenants: Inventing the Canadian Junior Army Officer, 1939-45
ISBN: 9780774834841 / Angielski / Miękka / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book illustrates not only the challenges many junior officers faced during the Second World War, it also points to the enduring problem of living up to the image of an ideal middle-class male.
This book illustrates not only the challenges many junior officers faced during the Second World War, it also points to the enduring problem of living...
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155,56 zł |
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