{"product_id":"militia-myths-9780774817660","title":"Militia Myths","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMilitia Myths traces the cultural history of the citizen soldier from 1896 to 1921, an ideal that lay at the foundation of how Canadians experienced and remember the First World War.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the superb analysis of Militia Myths ...Canadian historian James Wood recaptures the ideological origins and evolution of the conceptual foundations that shaped Canada’s Army during its most formative years ... he has in a single effort replaced many outdated and erroneous myths about Canada’s Army with solid evidence-based research and analysis, effectively delivering what will undoubtedly become a must-have book in every Canadian military library. \u003cem\u003eMilitia Myths\u003c\/em\u003e is one of the best books in Canadian military - history I’ve read this year, and it is highly recommended to all. -- Major Andrew Godefroy * Canadian Army Journal, V. 14.1 *\u003cbr\u003eWood’s work expands our knowledge of the Canadian militia beyond the elite imperialists and general officers commanding. By a close study of the \u003cem\u003eCanadian Military Gazette \u003c\/em\u003eand the speeches of militia officers and advocates, he shows the complex varieties of thought regarding the role of the citizen soldier in Canadian defense. By doing so he muddies the waters of the traditional historiography surrounding imperialism and the militia in Canada. More a history of military thought than a discursive study of popular conceptions, the work will appeal to academic military historians, while leaving gendered analysis and discourse and identity studies to the social historians. -- Jack L. Granatstein * H-War *\u003cbr\u003eThis is a very good study of the development of the Canadian citizen soldier ... that makes a significant contribution to the scholarly literature in the field of Canadian military history. -- Matthew Tudgen * Canadian Military Journal, vol. 12, no. 2, Spring 2012 *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Canadian Ideas of the Citizen Soldier\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1 A Military Spirit in Canada, 1896-98\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2 An Army for Empire, 1898-1901\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3 “Don’t Call Me Tommy,” 1901-04\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4 “Who Are You Going to Fight?” 1905-08\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5 Continental Commitments, 1909-11\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6 Involuntary Action, 1911-14\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7 War and Citizenship, 1914-17\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8 Victory and Vindication, 1918-21\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConclusion: A Citizen’s Duty in “Canada’s Century”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendices\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNotes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBibliography\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of British Columbia Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49404920234327,"sku":"9780774817660","price":26.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780774817660.jpg?v=1730488056","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/militia-myths-9780774817660","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}