Unwanted warriors: the rejected volunteers of the Canadian Expeditionary Force

"Unwanted Warriors uncovers the history of Canada's first casualties of the Great War...men who tried to enlist but were deemed "unfit for service." What impact did military exclusion have on these men? Nic Clarke looks for answers in the service files of 3,400 rejected volunteer...

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Main Author: Clarke, Nic (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Vancouver ; Toronto UBC Press [2016]
Series:Studies in Canadian military history
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Summary:"Unwanted Warriors uncovers the history of Canada's first casualties of the Great War...men who tried to enlist but were deemed "unfit for service." What impact did military exclusion have on these men? Nic Clarke looks for answers in the service files of 3,400 rejected volunteers and explores the mechanics of the medical examination, the physical and psychological qualities that the authorities believed made a fighting man, and how evaluations changed as the war dragged on. In the process, he exposes the deleterious effects that socially constructed norms about health and fitness had on individual men and Canadian society during the First World War."...
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (pages 218-230) and index
Physical Description:xi, 239 Seiten Illustrationen, Diagramme
ISBN:9780774828895
9780774828888