Vimy Ridge : a Canadian reassessment /
Saved in:
| Imprint: | Waterloo, Ont. : Laurier Centre for Military Strategic and Disamament Studies ; Wilfrid Laurier University Press, c2007. |
|---|---|
| Description: | xiv, 353 p. : ill., plans ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Subject: | |
| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6371839 |
Table of Contents:
- List of Illustrations
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Part I. The Strategic Background
- 1. Vimy Ridge and the Battle of Arras: A British Perspective
- 2. The End of the Beginning: The Canadian Corps in 1917
- 3. Vimy Ridge: The Battlefield before the Canadians, 1914-1916
- Part II. The Battle for Vimy Ridge, 9-12 April 1917
- 4. "Old Wine in New Bottles": A Comparison of British and Canadian Preparations for the Battle of Arras
- 5. Julian Byng and Leadership in the Canadian Corps
- 6. The Gunners at Vimy: "We are Hammering Fritz to Pieces"
- 7. The Sappers of Vimy: Specialized Support for the Assault of 9 April 1917
- 8. The Canadian Army Medical Corps at Vimy Ridge
- 9. The 1st Canadian Division: An Operational Mosaic
- 10. The 2nd Canadian Division: A "Most Spectacular Battle"
- 11. The 3rd Canadian Division: Forgotten Victory
- 12. The 4th Canadian Division: "Trenches Should Never be Saved"
- 13. The German Army at Vimy Ridge
- 14. In the Shadow of Vimy Ridge: The Canadian Corps in April and May 1917
- Part III. Aftermath and Memory
- 15. Battle Verse: Poetry and Nationalism after Vimy Ridge
- 16. "After the Agony in Stony Places": The Meaning and Significance of the Vimy Monument
- 17. Safeguarding Sanctity: Canada and the Vimy Memorial during the Second World War
- 18. Afterthoughts
- Appendices
- 1. Order of Battle-Vimy Ridge
- 2. Lest We Forget: The Men of Vimy Ridge
- Selected Bibliography
- Contributors
- Index
