WHEN YOUR NUMBER'S UP: THE CANADIAN SOLDIER IN THE FIRST WORLD WAR.

Toronto: Random House, 1993. 354pp, 9 1/2" H. B&w photographs and map. "Often we accept a static image of the First World War. Canadians have been taught about poison gas at Ypres and the conscription crisis of 1917. The slaughter on the Somme and the mud of Passchendaele sum up all that needs to be remembered about bloody-minded generals and their suffering subordinates. But what was the war really like for the men in the trenches? Why did they join? What did they learn that transformed them into soldiers? Who were their officers? How did they fight and how, in the end, did they overcome? What happened to the wounded and captured? And what became of those who made it home? Historian and author, Desmond Morton takes us inside the training camps, trenches, and onto the fields of battle where tens of thousands of Canadian soldiers fought and died. He gives us a new and unexpected portrait of a brutal war, where advanced technology made the armies' killing power fiercer than ever before, and changing values made it more intolerable. The plight of the soldier has never been more passionately and comprehensively examined." Previous owner's name and notation in ink has been mostly whited-out on the front free endpaper, soft creases in the bottom margin of page 273/274, two very tiny marks on the fore-edge of the text block, very light wrinkle at the bottom of the spine. Dust jacket has light edge wrinkling.. Not Signed. First Canadian Edition.. Hard Cover. Very Good-/Very Good.