The Bitter Harvest of War by Andrew Theobald - 9780864925114

The Bitter Harvest of WarNew Brunswick and the Conscription Crisis of 1917\nAuthor(s): Andrew Theobald\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Goose Lane Editions, Canada\nImprint: Goose Lane Editions\nISBN-13: 9780864925114, 978-0864925114\nSynopsis\nIn 1917, the Canadian Corps captured Vimy Ridge in northern France, and a myth grew that Canada as a nation was born on its slopes. But the cost was tremendous: 10,000 Canadians were killed, wounded, or went missing in the three-day battle. Shortly thereafter, Prime Minister Robert Borden assembled a \""Union Government\"" to support conscription and called an election on the issue. Canada split along ethnic lines: English Canadians supported conscription; French Canadians rejected it. By year end, Canada teetered on the brink of civil war.\n\n As Andrew Theobald reveals, New Brunswickers were not spared the bitter divisiveness of the larger national debate. Determined to win the election, federal politicians fanned the flames of ethnic tension,.