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The Canadian Rangers : a living history  Cover Image Book Book

The Canadian Rangers : a living history / P. Whitney Lackenbauer.

Summary:

"The Canadian Rangers stand sentinel in the farthest reaches of our country. For six decades, this dedicated group of citizen-soldiers has quietly served as Canada's eyes, ears, and voice in isolated coastal and northern communities. How does this minimally trained and lightly equipped force make a meaningful contribution to national defence and to sustainable communities? One of Canada's leading experts on northern issues answers this question using official records, extensive interviews, and on-the-ground participation in Ranger exercises from coast to coast to coast. The Canadian Rangers also tells the untold story of a successful partnership that has developed between the Canadian Forces and Aboriginal peoples, a partnership rooted in traditional knowledge and skills and characterized by acceptance and crosscultural understanding. P. Whitney Lackenbauer is an associate professor and chair of the Department of History at St. Jerome's University"--Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780774824538 (pbk.)C$36.70
  • Physical Description: xv, 618 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour), maps, portraits (some colour) ; 23 cm.
  • Publisher: Vancouver: UBC Press, 2013

Content descriptions

General Note:
"Published in association with the Canadian War Museum"--Page 4 of cover.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
I. The Pacific Cost Militia Rangers, 1942-45 -- 2. Setting the Stage, 1946-47 -- 3. "Teething Troubles," 1947-49 -- 4. The Formative Years, 1950-52 -- 5. Exercising the Rangers, 1952-56 -- 6. Shadow Army, 1957-70 -- 7. Soverignty and Symbolism, 1970-84 -- 8. "The Most Cost-Efficient Program in the Canadian Forces," 1985-93 -- 9. Enhancement and the Junior Canadian Rangers, 1994-99 -- 10. "Very Special Forces," 2000-06 -- 11. Sovereignty, Security, and Stewardship
Subject: Canada. Canadian Armed Forces. Canadian Rangers > History.
Canada > Armed Forces > "First Nation" peoples > History.
Canada > Armed Forces > Canada, Northern > History.
Topic Heading: Aboriginal.
First Nation.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Selkirk College.

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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Circulation Modifier Holdable? Status Due Date Courses
Castlegar Campus Library UA 602 C29 L33 2013 (Text) B001626477 General Volume hold Available -


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