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The first comprehensive history of the Aboriginal First World War
experience on the battlefield and the home front. When the call to
arms was heard at the outbreak of the First World War, Canada's
First Nations pledged their men and money to the Crown to honour
their long-standing tradition of forming military alliances with
Europeans during times of war, and as a means of resisting cultural
assimilation and attaining equality through shared service and
sacrifice. Initially, the Canadian government rejected these offers
based on the belief that status Indians were unsuited to modern,
civilized warfare. But in 1915, Britain intervened and demanded
Canada actively recruit Indian soldiers to meet the incessant need
for manpower. Thus began the complicated relationships between the
Imperial Colonial and War Offices, the Department of Indian
Affairs, and the Ministry of Militia that would affect every aspect
of the war experience for Canada's Aboriginal soldiers. In his
groundbreaking new book, For King and Kanata, Timothy C. Winegard
reveals how national and international forces directly influenced
the more than 4,000 status Indians who voluntarily served in the
Canadian Expeditionary Force between 1914 and 1919 - a per capita
percentage equal to that of Euro-Canadians - and how subsequent
administrative policies profoundly affected their experiences at
home, on the battlefield, and as returning veterans.
Oil is the source of wealth and economic opportunity. Oil is also
the root source of global conflict, toxicity and economic
disparity. When did oil become such a powerful commodity-during,
and in the immediate aftermath of, the First World War. In his
groundbreaking book The First World Oil War, Timothy C. Winegard
argues that beginning with the First World War, oil became the
preeminent commodity to safeguard national security and promote
domestic prosperity. For the first time in history, territory was
specifically conquered to possess oil fields and resources; vital
cogs in the continuation of the industrialized warfare of the
Twentieth Century. This original and pioneering study analyzes the
evolution of oil as a catalyst for both war and diplomacy, and
connects the events of the First World War to contemporary
petroleum geo-politics and international aggression.
This pioneering comparative history of the participation of
indigenous peoples of the British Empire in the First World War is
based upon archival research in four continents. It provides the
first comprehensive examination and comparison of how indigenous
peoples of Canada, Australia, Newfoundland, New Zealand and South
Africa experienced the Great War. The participation of indigenes
was an extension of their ongoing effort to shape and alter their
social and political realities, their resistance to cultural
assimilation or segregation and their desire to attain equality
through service and sacrifice. While the dominions discouraged
indigenous participation at the outbreak of war, by late 1915 the
imperial government demanded their inclusion to meet the pragmatic
need for military manpower. Indigenous peoples responded with
patriotism and enthusiasm both on the battlefield and the home
front and shared equally in the horrors and burdens of the First
World War.
This pioneering comparative history of the participation of
indigenous peoples of the British Empire in the First World War is
based upon archival research in four continents. It provides the
first comprehensive examination and comparison of how indigenous
peoples of Canada, Australia, Newfoundland, New Zealand and South
Africa experienced the Great War. The participation of indigenes
was an extension of their ongoing effort to shape and alter their
social and political realities, their resistance to cultural
assimilation or segregation and their desire to attain equality
through service and sacrifice. While the dominions discouraged
indigenous participation at the outbreak of war, by late 1915 the
imperial government demanded their inclusion to meet the pragmatic
need for military manpower. Indigenous peoples responded with
patriotism and enthusiasm both on the battlefield and the home
front and shared equally in the horrors and burdens of the First
World War.
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