Canadian Expeditionary Force, 1914-1919: Official History of the Canadian Army in the First World War

Colonel G.W.L. Nicholson's Canadian Expeditionary Force, 1914-1919 was first published by the Department of National Defence in 1962 as the official history of the Canadian Army's involvement in the First World War. Immediately after the war ended Colonel A. Fortescue Duguid made a first attempt to write an official history of the war, but the ill-fated project produced only the first of an anticipated eight volumes.

Decades later, Colonel G.W.L. Nicholson--already the author of an official history of the Second World War--was commissioned to write a new official history of the First. Lavishly illustrated with numerous photographs and full-color maps, Nicholson's text offers an authoritative account of the war effort, while also discussing politics on the home front, including debates around conscription in 1917.

With a new critical introduction by Mark Humphries that traces the development of Nicholson's text and analyzes its legacy, Canadian Expeditionary Force, 1914-1919 is an essential resource for both professional historians and military history enthusiasts.

Distributed by the Government of Canada Depository Services Program. At head of title: Official history of the Canadian Army in the first World War. Also published in French under the title: Le corps expéditionniare canadien.

1st Edition. Color map endpapers. Red cloth with gilt titles and decorations. 12 colour and 60 b&w maps, 56 b&w photos, 2 colour illustrations. Map endpapers, color frontispiece, maps, color folding maps, photographs, folding color chart of unit patches, appendix, abbreviations, references, index.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [561]-594) and index.

8vo, [4], v-xiv, 621pp. [1].

References:

Cooke p. 200 The Canadian Military Experience 1867-1995 A Bibliography.