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Canada's Mechanized Infantry

The Evolution of a Combat Arm, 1920–2012

By: Peter Kasurak

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Canada's Mechanized Infantry

The Evolution of a Combat Arm, 1920–2012

By: Peter Kasurak

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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0774862750

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A National Force

The Evolution of Canada’s Army, 1950-2000

By: Peter Kasurak

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A National Force

The Evolution of Canada’s Army, 1950-2000

By: Peter Kasurak

Canadians consider the period between the Second World War and the unification of the armed services in 1968 as a “golden age,” a time when their army dropped the shackles of its imperial past and emerged as a truly national peacekeeping force. In this landmark book, Peter Kasurak draws on recently declassified documents to show that this era was in fact clouded by the army’s failure to loosen the grasp of British army culture, produce its own doctrine, and advise political leaders effectively. The discrepancy between the army’s goals and the Canadian state’s aspirations as a peacemaker in the postwar world resulted in a series of civilian-military crises that ended only when the scandal of the Somalia Affair in 1993 forced reform. Kasurak offers an illuminating account of the organizational growing pains that wracked the Canada’s army as it evolved into a force that could reflect the aspirations of both its country and military leadership.

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0774826428

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A National Force

The Evolution of Canada’s Army, 1950-2000

By: Peter Kasurak

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The Evolution of Canada’s Army, 1950-2000

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Canada's Mechanized Infantry

The Evolution of a Combat Arm, 1920–2012

By: Peter Kasurak

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The Evolution of a Combat Arm, 1920–2012

By: Peter Kasurak

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Canada's Mechanized Infantry

The Evolution of a Combat Arm, 1920–2012

By: Peter Kasurak

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Canada's Mechanized Infantry

The Evolution of a Combat Arm, 1920–2012

By: Peter Kasurak

Canada’s Mechanized Infantry explores the development of the Canadian Army’s infantry after the First World War. Modern studies of technology and war have tended to focus on tanks and armour, but soldiers discovered that military success really depends on the combination of infantry, armour, and artillery. Peter Kasurak demonstrates how the Canadian army implemented successful infantry vehicles and doctrine to further its military goals during the Second World War until organizational constraints took hold in the postwar period. This book reveals the challenges of transforming the infantry into a twenty-first-century combat force by integrating soldiers, vehicles, weapons, and electronics.

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