War Junk - Munitions Disposal and Postwar Reconstruction in Canada (Paperback)

During the Second World War, Canadian factories produced mountains of munitions and supplies, including some 800 ships, 16,000 aircraft, 800,000 vehicles, and over 4.6 billion rounds of ammunition and artillery shells. However, the end of hostilities in 1945 turned the leftover assets into peacetime liabilities. Alex Souchen provides a definitive account of the disposal crisis triggered by Allied victory and shows how Canadians responded to the unprecedented divestment of public property by reusing and recycling military surpluses to improve their postwar lives. War Junk recounts the complex political, economic, social, and environmental legacies of munitions disposal in Canada by revealing how the tools of war became integral to the making of postwar Canada.

General

Imprint:	University of British Columbia Press
Country of origin:	Canada
Series:	Studies in Canadian Military History
Release date:	August 2020
First published:	2019
Authors:	Alex Souchen
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	304
ISBN-13:	978-0-7748-6293-6
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > General Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > Weapons & equipment > General Books > History > General
LSN:	0-7748-6293-9
Barcode:	9780774862936

Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate? Let us know about it.

Does this product have an incorrect or missing image? Send us a new image.

Is this product missing categories? Add more categories.

Review This Product

No reviews yet - be the first to create one!