{"product_id":"shoestring-soldiers-9781487523121","title":"Shoestring Soldiers","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Great War was a pivotal experience for twentieth-century Canada. \u003cem\u003eShoestring Soldiers\u003c\/em\u003e is the first scholarly study since 1938 to focus exclusively on Canada''s initial overseas experience from late 1914 to the end of 1915.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this exciting new work, Andrew Iarocci challenges the dominant view that the 1st Canadian Division was poorly prepared for war in 1914, and less than effective during battles in 1915. He examines the first generations of men to serve overseas with the division: their training, leadership, morale, and combat operations from Salisbury Plain to the Ypres Salient, from the La Bassée Canal to Ploegsteert Wood. Iarocci contends that setbacks and high losses in battle were not so much the products of poor training and weak leadership as they were of inadequate material resources on the Western Front.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eShoestring Soldiers\u003c\/em\u003e incorporates a wealth of research material from official documents, soldiers'' letters and diaries, and the battlefie\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49409152680279,"sku":"9781487523121","price":28.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781487523121.jpg?v=1730505659","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/shoestring-soldiers-9781487523121","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}