{"product_id":"war-junk-9780774862936","title":"War Junk","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eDuring the Second World War, Canadian factories produced mountains of munitions and supplies, including some 800 ships, 16,000 aircraft, 800,000 vehicles, and over 4.6 billion rounds of ammunition and artillery shells. Although they were crucial to winning the war, these assets turned into peacetime liabilities when hostilities ended in 1945.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on comprehensive archival research, Alex Souchen provides a definitive account of the disposal crisis triggered by Allied victory and shows how policymakers implemented a disposal strategy that facilitated postwar reconstruction. Canadians responded to the unprecedented divestment of public property by reusing and recycling military surpluses to improve their postwar lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWar Junk\u003c\/em\u003e recounts the complex political, economic, social, and environmental legacies of munitions disposal in Canada by revealing how the tools of war became integral to the making of postwar Canada.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWar Junk makes an entirely fresh contribution to a growing body of scholarship on Canada and war in the twentieth century.\u003c\/p\u003e -- Andrew Iarocci, Canadian Military History\u003cbr\u003eAlex Souchen’s fine work speaks to the enormous economic, political, as well as environmental consequences of wartime disposal. The breadth of this work is truly impressive. -- Geoffrey Hayes, Department of History, University of Waterloo * University of Toronto Quarterly *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: The Death and Life of War Machines\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1 Preparing for Peace: Creating the Disposal Administration\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2 Forms and Floods: Controlling Disposal Operations\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3 Cleanup Crew: Disposal Logistics and Postwar Requirements\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4 Assets to Ashes? Recouping Value from Depreciating Things\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5 Resold and Reused: Surplus Assets and the Postwar Transition\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6 Recycling and Reconstruction: Thrift, Hybridity, and Economic Recovery\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConclusion: The Legacies of Disposal\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNotes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSelect Bibliography\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of British Columbia Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49404944515415,"sku":"9780774862936","price":26.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/war-junk-9780774862936","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}