Canada's Mechanized Infantry: The Evolution of a Combat Arm, 1920-2012 - Couverture rigide

Livre 51 sur 59: Studies in Canadian Military History

Kasurak, Peter

 
9780774862721: Canada's Mechanized Infantry: The Evolution of a Combat Arm, 1920-2012
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ISBN 10 : 0774862726 ISBN 13 : 9780774862721
Editeur : University of British Columbia Press, 2020

Synopsis

Canada's Mechanized Infantry explores the largely ignored development of the infantry in the Canadian Army after the First World War. Although many modern studies of technology and war focus on tanks and armour, soldiers from the Second World War onward have discovered that success really depends on a combination of infantry, armour, and artillery to form combat teams. Peter Kasurak demonstrates how the army implemented successful infantry vehicles and doctrine to ultimately further its military goals during the Second World War. In the postwar period, however, progress was slowed by a top-down culture and an unwillingness to abandon conventional thinking on the primacy of foot infantry and regimental organization. This insightful book is the first to examine the challenges that have confronted the Canadian Army in transforming its infantry from First World War foot soldiers into a twenty-first-century combat force integrating soldiers, vehicles, weapons, and electronics.

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À propos de l?auteur

Peter Kasurak is a retired public servant who led the defence and national security sections of the Office of the Auditor General of Canada until 2007. He is also the author of A National Force: The Evolution of Canada's Army, 1950–2000 and of many articles on Canadian-American relations, the Canadian Army, counter-terrorism, Parliamentary oversight of defence, and police governance. He is currently a part-time instructor in history and political studies at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario.

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Éditeur
University of British Columbia Press
Date d'édition
2020
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0774862726
ISBN 13 
9780774862721
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
264
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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9780774862738: Canada's Mechanized Infantry: The Evolution of a Combat Arm 1920-2012

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ISBN 10 :  0774862734 ISBN 13 :  9780774862738
Editeur : University of British Columbia P..., 2020
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