Jonathan F Vance

Objects of Concern

Canadian Prisoners of War Through the Twentieth Century

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Produktbeschreibung

Jonathan Vance examines Canada's role in the formation of an important aspect of international law, traces the growth and activities of a number of national and local philanthropic agencies, and recounts the efforts of ex-prisoners to secure compensation for the long-term effects of captivity.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of British Columbia Press
• Seitenzahl: 330
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 1994
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 165mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 626g
• ISBN-13: 9780774805049
• ISBN-10: 0774805048
• Artikelnr.: 41607690

Autorenporträt

Jonathan F. Vance is a post-doctoral fellow in the Department of History and Centre for Military, Strategic, and Disarmament Studies at Wilfrid Laurier University.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1 Nineteenth-Century Precursors
2 "Everybody's Business"
3 Repatriation and Liberation
4 The Interwar Years
5 The Organizational Framework, 1939-45
6 Relief and Release in the European Theatre
7 A Tougher Nut: Prisoners of the Japanese
8 "The Debris of Past Wars"
Conclusion
Appendix
Notes
Bibliography
Index