{"product_id":"canada-at-war-conscription-diplomacy-and-politics-paperback-softback-9781487524760","title":"Canada at War; Conscription, Diplomacy, and Politics (Paperback \/ softback) 9781487524760","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eCanada at War\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eConscription, Diplomacy, and Politics\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJ.L. Granatstein (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781487524760\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 October 2020\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e328 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2 cm, 0.48 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCanada at War\u003c\/i\u003e explores the impact of the two world wars on Canada and Canadians by examining conscription, foreign policy, and politics, with William Lyon Mackenzie King, Canada\u0026amp;#x2019;s longest-serving prime minister, acting as the book\u0026amp;#x2019;s central figure. In this collection of essays, J.L. Granatstein brings together research from archives in Canada and abroad, illuminating Canada's political transition from the British to American sphere of influence in the first half of the twentieth century. Granatstein reflects on the most significant issues affecting Canadians during the wars, showing how this period ushered change into the Canadian landscape and transformed Canada into the country that it is today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface \u003cbr\u003ePermissions \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSection One: Conscription\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. \"To win, at any cost\": Politics and Manpower Policies, 1917 \u003cbr\u003e2. Conscription in the Great War \u003cbr\u003e3. The Conservative Party and Conscription in the Second World War \u003cbr\u003e4. The York South By-Election of February 9, 1942: A Turning Point in Canadian Politics  \u003cbr\u003e5. The \"Hard\" Obligations of Citizenship: The Second World War in Canada \u003cbr\u003e6. Conscription and My Politics\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSection Two: Diplomacy\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. \"A Self-Evident National Duty\": Canadian Foreign Policy, 1935–1939 (with Robert Bothwell) \u003cbr\u003e8. Mackenzie King and Canada at Ogdensburg, August 1940 \u003cbr\u003e9. The Hyde Park Declaration 1941: Origins and Significance (with R.D. Cuff) \u003cbr\u003e10. The Man Who Wasn't There: Mackenzie King, Canada, and the Atlantic Charter \u003cbr\u003e11. Happily on the Margins: Mackenzie King and Canada at the Quebec Conferences\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSection Three: Politics\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12. Financing the Liberal Party, 1935–1945 \u003cbr\u003e13. King and His Cabinet: The War Years  \u003cbr\u003e14. The Evacuation of the Japanese Canadians, 1942: A Realist Critique of the Received Version (with Gregory A. Johnson) \u003cbr\u003e15. Arming the Nation: Canada's Industrial War Effort, 1939–1945\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSection Four: Reflections  \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16. A Half-Century On: The Veterans' Experience \u003cbr\u003e17. \"What Is to Be Done?\": The Future of Canadian Second World War History \u003cbr\u003e18. Thirty Years in the Trenches: A Military Historian's Report on the War between Teaching and Research\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52595604783384,"sku":"9781487524760","price":22.26,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/canada-at-war-conscription-diplomacy-and-politics-paperback-softback-9781487524760","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}