War Junk

Munitions Disposal and Postwar Reconstruction in Canada

Alex Souchen (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

304 Seiten

2020
University of British Columbia Press (Verlag)
978-0-7748-6293-6 (ISBN)

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During the Second World War, Canadian factories produced mountains of munitions and supplies, including some 800 ships, 16,000 aircraft, 800,000 vehicles, and over 4.6 billion rounds of ammunition and artillery shells. Although they were crucial to winning the war, these assets turned into peacetime liabilities when hostilities ended in 1945.

Drawing on comprehensive archival research, Alex Souchen provides a definitive account of the disposal crisis triggered by Allied victory and shows how policymakers implemented a disposal strategy that facilitated postwar reconstruction. Canadians responded to the unprecedented divestment of public property by reusing and recycling military surpluses to improve their postwar lives.

War Junk recounts the complex political, economic, social, and environmental legacies of munitions disposal in Canada by revealing how the tools of war became integral to the making of postwar Canada.

Alex Souchen is a historian specializing in warfare, society, and the environment in Canada, based in Kingston. He received his PhD from the University of Western Ontario and held a SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Laurier Centre for Military Strategic and Disarmament Studies. He currently holds an Associated Medical Services Postdoctoral Fellowship at Trent University's Frost Centre for Canadian Studies and Indigenous Studies.

Introduction: The Death and Life of War Machines

1 Preparing for Peace: Creating the Disposal Administration

2 Forms and Floods: Controlling Disposal Operations

3 Cleanup Crew: Disposal Logistics and Postwar Requirements

4 Assets to Ashes? Recouping Value from Depreciating Things

5 Resold and Reused: Surplus Assets and the Postwar Transition

6 Recycling and Reconstruction: Thrift, Hybridity, and Economic Recovery

Conclusion: The Legacies of Disposal

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Erscheinungsdatum	27.08.2020
Reihe/Serie	Studies in Canadian Military History
Zusatzinfo	23 b&w photos, 6 tables
Verlagsort	Vancouver
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	440 g
Themenwelt	Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Militärfahrzeuge / -flugzeuge / -schiffe
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
ISBN-10	0-7748-6293-9 / 0774862939
ISBN-13	978-0-7748-6293-6 / 9780774862936
Zustand	Neuware