Filling the Ranks: Manpower in the Canadian Expeditionary Force, 1914-1918 by Richard HoltISBN: 9780773548770
Publication Date: 2017-04-01
The first book to explore the issue of manpower in the Canadian Expeditionary Force, Filling the Ranks examines the administrative and organizational changes that fostered efficiency and sustained the army. Richard Holt describes national civilian and military recruitment policies and criteria both inside and outside of Canada; efforts to recruit women, convicts, and members of First Nations, African Canadian, Asian, and Slavic communities; and the conduct of entry-level training.