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Author:   Peter Farrugia ,  Evan J. Habkirk
Publisher:   University of British Columbia Press
Imprint:   University of British Columbia Press
Weight:   0.500kg
ISBN:  

9780774864923

ISBN 10:   0774864923
Pages:   328
Publication Date:   24 June 2021
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction / Peter Farrugia 1 The View from Above: A Canadian Pilot in the Battle of Flers-Courcelette / Graham Broad 2 “When Told to Advance, They Advanced”: War Culture and the CEF / Jonathan F. Vance 3 The Voiceless Dead: Francis Jenkins, Regina Trench, and Living and Dying on the Western Front / Kyle Falcon 4 “Going over the Ground Again”: Major Samuel Bothwell, 1st CMR, and Vimy Ridge / Peter Farrugia 5 Soldier or Ward? Hill 70 and the Lived Experience of Private Wilfred Lickers / Evan J. Habkirk 6 Talbot Papineau: The Life and Death of an Imperial Man / Geoffrey Hayes 7 Fallen Sisters: Gender, Military Service, and Death in Canada’s First World War / Sarah Glassford 8 Religion and the Great War: The Canadian Experience / Gordon L. Heath 9 Replacing Leaders: Lieutenant Roy Duplissie and the Hundred Days Campaign from the D-Q to the Marcoing Line / Lee Windsor 10 “Scars upon My Heart”: Arnold and Clarence Westcott, Brothers and Soldiers / Cynthia Comacchio 11 Desertion and Punishment in the CEF during the 100 Days / Teresa Iacobelli Conclusion / Peter Farrugia Select Bibliography; Index

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Richly detailed, Portraits of Battle is devoted to the recognition of the Canadians who fought in the Great War, their bravery and their fears, and the sacrifices made both by the soldiers and their families at home.--James Wood, Okanagan College

Richly detailed, Portraits of Battle is devoted to the recognition of the Canadians who fought in the Great War, their bravery and their fears, and the sacrifices made both by the soldiers and their families at home. -- James Wood, Okanagan College

Author Information

Peter Farrugia is an associate professor in the History and Social and Environmental Justice programs at Wilfrid Laurier University and a fellow of the Laurier Centre for Military, Strategic and Disarmament Studies. He is the editor of The River of History: Trans-national and Trans-disciplinary Perspectives on the Immanence of the Past. Evan J. Habkirk is a lecturer in the Indigenous Studies program at the University of Western Ontario and in the History Department at Wilfrid Laurier University. He is also the co-editor of The Art of Communication: The Unveiling of the Bell Memorial Revisited. Contributors: Graham Broad, Cynthia Comacchio, Kyle Falcon, Sarah Glassford, Geoffrey Hayes, Gordon L. Heath, Teresa Iacobelli, Jonathan F. Vance, Lee Windsor

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