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Far Eastern Tour: The Canadian Infantry in Korea, 1950-1953

Far Eastern Tour: The Canadian Infantry in Korea, 1950-1953

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General Political ScienceKorean HistoryKorean War

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ISBN10: 0773532587
ISBN13: 9780773532588
Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
Published: Mar 1 2007
Pages: 260
Weight: 0.81
Height: 0.71 Width: 6.35 Depth: 8.88
Language: English

The Canadian army brass and defence planners insisted on viewing the Korean conflict - the forgotten war - through the familiar lens of their World War II experiences. As a result Canadian soldiers in Korea suffered needless casualties and endured conditions that bordered on criminal neglect.

Using rigorous archival research and oral accounts, Far Eastern Tour follows the experiences of Canadian soldiers from the time they responded to the government's call to arms to the indifferent reaction to their homecoming a year later. Dealing with the fiasco surrounding recruitment, an inappropriate training regime, and the stark living and combat conditions, Brent Watson examines the human consequences of an army that was totally unprepared for service in the Far East.

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