Canada's Mechanized Infantry: The Evolution of a Combat Arm, 1920–2012 (Studies in Canadian Military History) - Hardcover

Kasurak, Peter

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0774862726 ISBN 13: 9780774862721

Publisher: UBC Press, 2020

Synopsis

Canada’s Mechanized Infantry explores the largely ignored development of the infantry in the Canadian Army after the First World War. Although many modern studies of technology and war focus on tanks and armour, soldiers from the Second World War onward have discovered that success really depends on a combination of infantry, armour, and artillery to form combat teams. Peter Kasurak demonstrates how the army implemented successful infantry vehicles and doctrine to ultimately further its military goals during the Second World War. In the postwar period, however, progress was slowed by a top-down culture and an unwillingness to abandon conventional thinking on the primacy of foot infantry and regimental organization. This insightful book is the first to examine the challenges that have confronted the Canadian Army in transforming its infantry from First World War foot soldiers into a twenty-first-century combat force integrating soldiers, vehicles, weapons, and electronics.

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About the Author

Peter Kasurak is a retired public servant who led the defence and national security sections of the Office of the Auditor General of Canada until 2007. He is also the author of A National Force: The Evolution of Canada’s Army, 1950–2000 and of many articles on Canadian-American relations, the Canadian Army, counter-terrorism, Parliamentary oversight of defence, and police governance. He is currently a part-time instructor in history and political studies at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario.

Edition details

• Publisher: UBC Press
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0774862726
• ISBN 13: 9780774862721
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 264