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OverviewAll Canadians are taught about Vimy Ridge. But that celebrated victory was just one battle among many to shape the country’s experience of the First World War. Portraits of Battle brings together biography, battle accounts, and historiographical analysis to examine the lives of a cross-section of Canadians who served in the war. Contributors to this thoughtful collection consider the range of Canadians touched by war – soldiers and their loved ones, deserters, nurses, Indigenous people, those injured in body or mind – raising fundamental questions about the nature of conflict and memory. These portraits of the formerly faceless men and women honoured on war memorials fill in what is often missing from accounts of the Great War. In the process, they provide a more nuanced perspective on the complex legacy of that war in Canadian history. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Peter Farrugia , Evan J. HabkirkPublisher: University of British Columbia Press Imprint: University of British Columbia Press ISBN: 9780774864923ISBN 10: 0774864923 Pages: 328 Publication Date: 24 June 2021 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsIntroduction / 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; IndexReviewsRichly 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 InformationPeter 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 Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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