National Defence

Défense nationale

"War is strong life; it is life in extremis."

Williams James, The Moral Equivalent of War

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The contributors wish to express jointly their gratitude to copyright holders for permission to use copyright materials, and in some cases to various institutions for assistance, which made research possible. The editor and contributors are very grateful to the Department of National Defence, which arranged a meeting of the Canadian Committee for the History of the Second World War on November 14-16, 1979 where these essays were first discussed. The Translation Section, Department of the Secretary of State kindly offered translation facilities.

THE SECOND WORLD WAR AS A NATIONAL EXPERIENCE

Contents

	Acknowledgements	ii
Chap. No.		Page No.
	Introduction SIDNEY ASTER	1
1	War as a National Experience THEODORE ROPP	5
2	The Second World War as a National Experience: Canada C.P. STACEY	17
3	A curious Lack of Proportion: Canadian Business and the War ROBERT BOTHWELL	25
4	Britain and the Politics of Social Patriotism PAUL ADDISON	39
5	Politics and the War: Aspects of the Canadian National Experience JOHN ENGLISH	53
6	The Yugoslav National Experience PHYLLIS AUTY	67
7	Politics and Culture: The French Canadians and the Second World War RICHARD JONES	81
8	Solidarity at Home and Abroad: The Norwegian Experience of World War Two OLAV RISTE	91
9	Coping With a War: The Experience of the Canadian Department of External Affairs DON PAGE	105
10	The Limits of Tradition: American Leadership in World War Two Reconsidered MAURICE MATLOFF	125
11	Alliance Politics and Atomic Collaboration, 1941-1943 BRIAN L. VILLA	137
12	The RCN and RCAF in the Battle of the Atlantic W.A.B DOUGLAS	159
13	French Nationalism at Home and Abroad: An Interpretive Esay ANDRE MARTEL	171
14	Mobilizing English Canada for War: The Bureau of Public Information, the Wartime Information Board and a View of the Nation During the Second World War WILLIAM R. YOUNG	189
	Notes on Contributors	205
	Suggestions for Further Reading	207

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