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The madman and the butcher : the sensational wars of Sam Hughes and General Arthur Currie  Cover Image Book Book

The madman and the butcher : the sensational wars of Sam Hughes and General Arthur Currie

Cook, Tim 1971- (Author).

Summary: "The sensational wars of Sam Hughes and General Arthur Currie". Cook, the Great War historian at the Canadian War Museum, tells the story of one of the most shocking and highly publicized libel trials in Canadian history. The war cost 60,000 Canadian lives. In its aftermath, Hughes, the war minister, accused Currie, who was the corps commander, of murderous incompetence.

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  • ISBN: 9780670064038 (hc.)
  • ISBN: 0670064033
  • Physical Description: print
    viii, 472 p. : ill ; 24 cm.
  • Publisher: Toronto : Allen Lane Canada, c2010.

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Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 391-460) and index.
Subject: Hughes, Sam -- Sir -- 1853-1921
Currie, Arthur -- Sir -- 1875-1933
Currie, Arthur -- Sir -- 1875-1933 -- Trials, litigation, etc
Canada. -- Canadian Army. -- Canadian Corps -- History
World War, 1914-1918 -- Canada

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Invermere Public Library.

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