Canada's Greatest Wartime Muddle: National Selective Service and the Mobilization of Human Resources during World War II [Hardcover]

Michael D. Stevenson (Author)

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Hardcover: 256 pages
Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press (Dec 13 2001)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0773522638
ISBN-13: 978-0773522633
Product Dimensions: 23.1 x 15.5 x 2.5 cm
Shipping Weight: 499 g
Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #604,669 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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"A considerable achievement ... Stevenson has pillaged a grand collection of primary sources for this work, and supports it with a good sampling of secondary material. His work in several areas has, to the best of my knowledge, never been equalled." Dean F. Oliver, Canadian War Museum "An original and significant contribution to knowledge." Stephen Harris, chief historian, director of History and Heritage, National Defense

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To determine the government's commitment to a comprehensive mobilization strategy, Stevenson considers the effect of NSS policies on eight significant sectors of the Canadian population: Native Canadians, university students, war industry workers, coal miners, longshoremen, meatpackers, hospital nurses, and textile workers. These case studies show that mobilization officials achieved only a limited number of their regulatory goals and that Ottawa's attempt to organize and allocate the nation's military and civilian human resources on a rational, orderly, and efficient scale was largely ineffective. This detailed assessment of the effect of NSS activities on a broad cross-section of Canadian society provides a fresh perspective on the domestic impact of the Second World War. It will appeal to a wide range of readers interested in Canada's economic, military, social, and political history.