Embattled Nation - by Patrice Dutil & David MacKenzie (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br><i>Embattled Nation</i> explores Canada's tense wartime election of 1917. Amidst the drama of the First World War, Canada's most divisive election ever raised pivotal questions about Canada's place in the war and the world. This book examines the issues, people, and events behind one of the most important elections in Canada's history.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><ul> <li>The first book-length study on the 1917 election, held during WWI, which nearly tore the country apart over questions of conscription and Canada's place in the world</li> <li>Published to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the election, 17 December 1917</li> <li>Deals with issues still of great public interest and debate today: national unity, Canadian values and citizenship, and negative advertising</li> <li>Argues that 1917 was the most divisive election in Canadian history, with dramatic details of electoral manipulation, political friends torn apart, stress of war</li> <li>This was the first federal election in Canada where women could vote, and the impact of this change on the campaign and outcome is a major topic</li> <li>Authors are experts in their fields, and their previous book, <i>Canada 1911</i>, was praised in the <i>Literary Review of Canada</i> and <i>Canada's History</i></li> </ul><p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br><b><i>Embattled Nation</i> explores Canada's tumultuous wartime election of 1917 and the people and issues that made it a pivotal moment in Canadian history.</b><br/><br/> <i>Embattled Nation</i> explores the drama of Canada's tumultuous election of 1917. In the context of the bloody battles of Vimy Ridge, Hill 70, Passchendaele, and of the Halifax explosion, Sir Robert Borden's Conservative government introduced conscription and called for a wartime election. Most Liberals, led by Sir Wilfrid Laurier, opposed compulsory military service, while in Quebec a new movement emerged to contest the Canadian government's attitude and policy. To survive and win the election, Prime Minister Borden resorted to unprecedented measures that tested the fabric of Canadian democracy.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><i>Embattled Nation</i> is a timely re-examination of the hard-fought and bitter election campaign that shaped modern Canada by two exceptional historians, who have spent their careers immersed in the Laurier-Borden era. Presented in breezy and accessible prose, their frenzied account is the first sustained study of Canada's first wartime election, and taps an extensive range of new private and public sources in its detailed look at the string of blunders and missed-opportunities that put Canada's national unity on the line in 1917. A sobering reminder that politics matters!-- "Dr. Greg Donaghy"<br><br>In this work of deep scholarship and gripping narrative, Dutil and MacKenzie provide new insight into the political battles that raged throughout the country as Canadian soldiers were fighting and dying in Flanders fields.-- "Tim Cook, C.M."<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Patrice Dutil is professor of politics and public administration at Ryerson University and the president of the Champlain Society. He is the author and editor of many books on Canadian politics. He lives in Toronto.<br/><br/> David MacKenzie is professor of history at Ryerson University and the author of several books on Canadian history and international relations. He lives in Toronto.
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