{"product_id":"portraits-of-battle-9780774864923","title":"Portraits of Battle","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAll Canadians are taught about Vimy Ridge. But that celebrated victory was just one battle among many to shape the country's experience of the First World War.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePortraits of Battle\u003c\/em\u003e brings together biography, battle accounts, and historiographical analysis to examine the lives of a cross-section of Canadians who served in the war. Contributors to this thoughtful collection consider the range of Canadians touched by war  soldiers and their loved ones, deserters, nurses, Indigenous people, those injured in body or mind  raising fundamental questions about the nature of conflict and memory.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese portraits of the formerly faceless men and women honoured on war memorials fill in what is often missing from accounts of the Great War. In the process, they provide a more nuanced perspective on the complex legacy of that war in Canadian history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003ePortraits of Battle\u003c\/em\u003e presents the past as a complex lived experience: a story of people from a broad range of backgrounds wrestling with their own notions of service, community, and sacrifice.\"\u003c\/p\u003e -- Marc Milner, University of New Brunswick. * University of Toronto Quarterly. *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction \/ \u003cem\u003ePeter Farrugia\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1 The View from Above: A Canadian Pilot in the Battle of Flers-Courcelette \/ \u003cem\u003eGraham Broad\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2 “When Told to Advance, They Advanced”: War Culture and the CEF \/ \u003cem\u003eJonathan F. Vance\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3 The Voiceless Dead: Francis Jenkins, Regina Trench, and Living and Dying on the Western Front \/ \u003cem\u003eKyle Falcon\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4 “Going over the Ground Again”: Major Samuel Bothwell, 1st CMR, and Vimy Ridge \/ \u003cem\u003ePeter Farrugia\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5 Soldier or Ward? Hill 70 and the Lived Experience of Private Wilfred Lickers \/ \u003cem\u003eEvan J. Habkirk\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6 Talbot Papineau: The Life and Death of an Imperial Man \/ \u003cem\u003eGeoffrey Hayes\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7 Fallen Sisters: Gender, Military Service, and Death in Canada’s First World War \/ \u003cem\u003eSarah Glassford\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8 Religion and the Great War: The Canadian Experience \/ \u003cem\u003eGordon L. Heath\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9 Replacing Leaders: Lieutenant Roy Duplissie and the Hundred Days Campaign from the D-Q to the Marcoing Line \/ \u003cem\u003eLee Windsor\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e10 “Scars upon My Heart”: Arnold and Clarence Westcott, Brothers and Soldiers \/ \u003cem\u003eCynthia Comacchio\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e11 Desertion and Punishment in the CEF during the 100 Days \/ \u003cem\u003eTeresa Iacobelli\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConclusion \/ \u003cem\u003ePeter Farrugia\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSelect Bibliography; Index\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of British Columbia Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49404947071319,"sku":"9780774864923","price":26.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780774864923.jpg?v=1730488152","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/portraits-of-battle-9780774864923","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}