Varsity's Soldiers

The University of Toronto Contingent of the Canadian Officers' Training Corps, 1914−1968

AvEric McGeer

Inbunden, Engelska, 2019

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Beskrivning

The role of Canadian universities in selecting and training officers for the armed forces is an important yet overlooked chapter in the history of higher education in Canada. For more than fifty years, the University of Toronto supported the largest and most active contingent of the Canadian Officers' Training Corps (COTC), which sent thousands of officer candidates into the regular and reserve forces. Based on the rich fund of documents housed in the university archives, Varsity’s Soldiers offers the first full-length history of military training in Toronto. Beginning with the formation of a student rifle company in 1861, and focusing on the story of the COTC from 1914 to 1968, author Eric McGeer seeks to enlarge appreciation of the university’s remarkable contribution to the defence of Canada, the place of military education in an academic setting, and the experience of the students who embodied the ideal of service to alma mater and to country.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2019-09-04
Mått:150 x 231 x 36 mm
Vikt:720 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Canadian Experience of War
Antal sidor:384
Förlag:University of Toronto Press
ISBN:9781487503529
Utmärkelser:Short-listed for 2021 Heritage Toronto Book Award 2021 (Canada)

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Eric McGeer holds a PhD from the Université de Montréal and teaches at St Clement’s School in Toronto.

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"Varsity’s Soldiers is a delightful book that all who are interested in the evolution of Canadian civil society should read. The book is extremely well written, and the pages quickly turn. The characters are interesting, the history long overlooked and most importantly, this book is of greater relevance than the title would suggest, or even perhaps what McGeer intended."

Innehållsförteckning

Acknowledgments List of AbbreviationsCommanding Officers Introduction1. "Old K": The University Rifle Company and Its Legacy, 1861-19142. Born and Raised in War: The University of Toronto Contingent, 1914-19193. Soldiering on in Peacetime: The University of Toronto Contingent, 1919-19394. "The Child of The Last War": The University of Toronto Contingent, 1939-19455. A Vital Link: The University of Toronto Contingent, 1945-1968Notes Bibliography Index