Objects of concern : Canadian prisoners of war through the twentieth century / Jonathan F. Vance.

"Hockey Magnate Conn Smythe, Trudeau cabinet minister Gilles Lamontagne, and the composer and former conductor of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Sir Ernest MacMillan, share something other than their fame: they all have the dubious distinction of having been captured by the enemy during Canada...

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Main Author: Vance, Jonathan F. (Jonathan Franklin William), 1963-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Vancouver [B.C.] : UBC Press, ©1994.
Series:Alcuin Society award for excellence in Canadian book design ; 1994.
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Table of Contents:
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • 1 Nineteenth-Century Precursors
  • 2 'Everybody's Business'
  • 3 Repatriation and Liberation
  • 4 The Interwar Years
  • 5 The Organizational Framework, 1939â€?45
  • 6 Relief and Release in the European Theatre
  • 7 A Tougher Nut: Prisoners of the Japanese
  • 8 'The Debris of Past Wars'
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D
  • E
  • F
  • G
  • H
  • I
  • J
  • K
  • L
  • M
  • N
  • O
  • P
  • Q
  • R
  • S.
  • Tu
  • v
  • w
  • y
  • z.