Embattled Nation Canada’s Wartime Election of 1917
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Full Title

Embattled Nation Canada\'s Wartime Election of 1917
Author(s)

Patrice Dutil, David MacKenzie
Edition
ISBN

9781459737273, 9781459737266, 9781459737280
Publisher

Dundurn
Format

PDF and EPUB

Description

Embattled Nation explores Canada’s tumultuous wartime election of 1917 and the people and issues that made it a pivotal moment in Canadian history. Embattled Nation explores the drama of Canada’s tumultuous election of 1917. In the context of the bloody battles of Vimy Ridge, Hill 70, Passchendaele, and of the Halifax explosion, Sir Robert Borden’s Conservative government introduced conscription and called for a wartime election. Most Liberals, led by Sir Wilfrid Laurier, opposed compulsory military service, while in Quebec a new movement emerged to contest the Canadian government’s attitude and policy. To survive and win the election, Prime Minister Borden resorted to unprecedented measures that tested the fabric of Canadian democracy.

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