1945: The Year That Made Modern Canada

by Ken Cuthbertson

Book Overview

It was a watershed year for Canada and the world. 1945 set Canada on a bold course into the future. A huge sense of relief marked the end of hostilities. Yet there was also fear and uncertainty about the perilous new world that was unfolding in the wake of the American decision to use the atomic bomb to bring the war in the Pacific to a dramatic halt. On the eve of WWII, the Dominion of Canada was a sleepy backwater still struggling to escape the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1443459348
• ISBN13: 9781443459341
• Release Date: October 2020
• Publisher: Patrick Crean Editions
• Length: 408 Pages
• Weight: 1.26 lbs.