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Vancouver : UBC Press, [2010]

1 online resource (365 pages) : illustrations, portraits

ISBN 9780774817677 (electronic bk.)

ISBN 0774817658 (acid-free paper)

ISBN 9780774817653 (acid-free paper)

ISBN 9780774817660 (pbk)

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Print version: Wood, James A. Militia myths : ideas of the Canadian citizen soldier, 1896-1921. Vancouver : UBC Press, [2010] xii, 350 pages ; 24 cm. Studies in Canadian military history, ISBN 9780774817660

Includes bibliographical references and index

Canadian ideas of the citizen soldier -- A military spirit in Canada, 1896-98 -- An army for empire, 1898-1901 -- "Don’t call me Tommy," 1901-04 -- "Who are you going to fight?" 1905-1908 -- Continental commitments, 1909-11 -- Involuntary action, 1911-1914 -- War and citizenship, 1914-17 -- Victory and vindication, 1918-21 -- A citizen’s duty in "Canada’s Century" -- Appendices. Total Canadian militia expenditures, 1894-1922 ; Canadian militia establishment and numbers trained, 1895-1914 ; Membership in military and civilian rifle associations, 1903-1914 ; Membership in school cadet corps, 1908-14 ; Compulsory vs. voluntary service : costs and results.

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