{"product_id":"9781442624498","title":"A Nation in Conflict: Canada and the Two World Wars","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe First and Second World Wars were two of the most momentous events of the twentieth century. In Canada, they claimed 110,000 lives and altered both the country’s domestic life and its international position. \u003cem\u003eA Nation in Conflict\u003c\/em\u003e is a concise, comparative overview of the Canadian national experience in the two world wars that transformed the nation and its people.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith each chapter, military historians Jeffrey A. Keshen and Andrew Iarocci address Canada’s contribution to the war and its consequences. Integrating the latest research in military, social, political, and gender history, they examine everything from the front lines to the home front. Was conscription necessary? Did the conflicts change the status of Canadian women? Was Canada’s commitment worth the cost?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten both for classroom use and for the general reader, \u003cem\u003eA Nation in Conflict\u003c\/em\u003e is an accessible introduction to the complexities of Canada’s involvement in the twentieth century’s most important conflicts.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47140179935472,"sku":"9781442624498","price":42.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781442624498_p0.jpg?v=1763805551","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781442624498","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}