| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 298 pages) : illustrations |
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World War, 1914-1918 language |
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World War, 1939-1945 language |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The Government that Could Not Say No and Australia's Military Effort, 1914-1918 / Jean Bou -- Irish Identities in the British Army during the First World War / Richard S. Grayson -- Conserving British Manpower during and after the First World War / Jessica Meyer -- The Canadian Garrison Artillery Goes to War, 1914-1918 / Roger Sarty -- "Returning Home to Fight": Bristolians in the Dominion Armies, 1914-1918 / Kent Fedorowich & Charles Booth -- Martial Races and Recruitment in the Indian Army during Two World Wars / Kaushik Roy -- Manpower, Training and the Battlefield Leadership of British Army Officers in the Era of the Two World Wars / Gary Sheffield -- Legitimacy, Consent, and the Mobilization of the British and Commonwealth Armies during the Second World War / Jonathan Fennell -- "Enemy Aliens" and the Formation of Australia's 8th Employment Company as a Response to the Japanese Threat in 1942 / Paul R. Bartrop -- The Body and Becoming a Soldier in Britain during the Second World War / Emma Newlands -- Canada and the Mobilization of Manpower during the Second World War / Daniel Byers -- South African Manpower and the Second World War / Ian van der Waag -- Manpower Mobilization and Rehabilitation in New Zealand's Second World War / Ian McGibbon -- Caring for British Commonwealth Soldiers in the Aftermath of the Second World War / Meghan Fitzpatrick. |
| Summary |
"Examines how the British Empire and Commonwealth mobilized manpower for the armed services, agriculture, and industry during the two world wars and how they cared for veterans, both able-bodied and disabled, when the fighting was over"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Great Britain. Army -- Colonial forces -- History -- 20th century.
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Great Britain. Army. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Great Britain. Army -- History -- World War, 1914-1918.
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Great Britain. Army -- History -- World War, 1939-1945.
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Manpower -- Great Britain.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Manpower -- Great Britain.
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Commonwealth countries -- Armed Forces -- History -- 20th century.
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Commonwealth countries. |
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Armed Forces. |
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HISTORY / Military / World War II. |
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Armed Forces -- Colonial forces. |
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Manpower. |
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Great Britain. |
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World War (1914-1918) |
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World War (1939-1945) |
| Chronological Term |
1900-1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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History.
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| Added Author |
Delaney, Douglas E. (Douglas Edward), 1964- editor.
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Frost, Mark (Mark Richard), 1974- editor.
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Brown, Andrew L. (Andrew Lawrence), 1968- editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Manpower and the armies of the British Empire in the two world wars Ithaca, New York : Cornell University Press, 2021. 9781501755835 (DLC) 2020039600 |
| ISBN |
9781501755866 electronic book |
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1501755862 electronic book |
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9781501755859 electronic book |
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1501755854 electronic book |
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9781501755835 hardcover |
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9781501755842 paperback |
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