Shoestring Soldiers: The 1st Canadian Division at War, 1914-1915. Iaro PB<|

Shoestring Soldiers\nby Andrew Iarocci\nPaperback\nEnglish\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Andrew Iarocci\nTitle: Shoestring Soldiers\nFormat: Paperback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Military institutions\nPublisher: University of Toronto Press\nISBN-13: 9781487523121\nISBN-10: 1487523122\nRRP: \u00A332.00\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\n\nThe Great War was a pivotal experience for twentieth-century Canada. Shoestring Soldiers is the first scholarly study since 1938 to focus exclusively on Canada''s initial overseas experience from late 1914 to the end of 1915.\nIn this exciting new work, Andrew Iarocci challenges the dominant view that the 1st Canadian Division was poorly prepared for war in 1914, and less than effective during battles in 1915. He examines the first generations of men to serve overseas with.