Canada's Greatest Wartime Muddle : National Selective Service and the Mobilization of Human Resources During World War II
Michael D. Stevenson
To determine the government's commitment to a comprehensive mobilization strategy, Stevenson considers the effect of NSS policies on eight significant sectors of the Canadian population: Native Canadians, university students, war industry workers, coal miners, longshoremen, meatpackers, hospital nurses, and textile workers. These case studies show that mobilization officials achieved only a limited number of their regulatory goals and that Ottawa's attempt to organize and allocate the nation's military and civilian human resources on a rational, orderly, and efficient scale was largely ineffective. This detailed assessment of the effect of NSS activities on a broad cross-section of Canadian society provides a fresh perspective on the domestic impact of the Second World War. It will appeal to a wide range of readers interested in Canada's economic, military, social, and political history.
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Anno:
2001
Edizione:
1
Casa editrice:
McGill-Queen's University Press
Lingua:
english
Pagine:
247
ISBN 10:
0773569650
ISBN 13:
9780773569652
File:
PDF, 2.49 MB
IPFS:
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english, 2001