Safeguarding Canada 1763-1871

by J MacKay Hitsman and J. Mackay Hitsman

Book Overview

Canadian defence policy has been largely neglected by historians except as a problem related to constitutional and political development. Dr. Hitsman repairs this neglect in his study of the military aspects of the defence of Canada, from the British Conquest to the withdrawal of the British garrison. His investigation demolishes a number of myths which have sprung up in this era of Canadian history. For example, in his examination of the military...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1487591667
• ISBN13: 9781487591663
• Release Date: December 1968
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 262 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"