MORTON – GRANATSTEIN : Marching to Armageddon (fülszöveg)
"In 1914, with bands playing, flags waving, and crowds cheering, Canadians marched off to Armageddon...."
The First World War was one of those rare experiences that create nations. It certainly helped create a Canadian nation, both in the sense of "great things done together" and in the fracture it left in national unity. The war was a catalyst for almost every imaginable change, from skirt lengths and sexual mores to the role of government within Canada and Canada's role within the British Empire. For four years the Canadian army fought in the mud and blood of Europe, while back home people debated conscription, prohibition, railway nationalization, and women's suffrage.
Much more than a military history, Marching to Armageddon evocatively recreates the effects of the war years on ordinary Canadians. All the facets of the war — the blunders, the heroism, the battles, the suffering — are vividly brought home by action pictures of the day, by poster and war art, and by the incisive text of two of Canada's most highly regarded and popular historians.
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