Back To ListMobilize!Why Canada Was Unprepared for the Second World WarByLarry D. RoseForeword byJ.L. GranatsteinPublished November 2013Paperback$ 28.99Paperback$ 28.99PDF$ 28.99ePub$ 9.99 Add to CartShop LocalDescriptionWhy was Canada not preparing for the Second World War when the rest of the world was ready to meet Hitler’s threats? Despite Canada’s active participation in the First World War, which many claimed made Canada a nation, the country was almost defenceless in September 1939 when war was declared again. Larry D. Rose, a long-time journalist and a military specialist, examines the military’s own failures, the hidden agenda of Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King, and the divisions within Canada leading up to Canada’s entry into the war. He suggests that the lack of preparedness was directly responsible for two of Canada’s costliest military defeats: the battle of Hong Kong and Dieppe. Of Related InterestFighting WordsMark BourrieA Time Such as There Never Was BeforeAlan BowkerTen DecisionsLarry D. RoseReviews [Starred Review] The picture Rose paints in the 13 chapters of his book of a Canadian military crippled by governmental foolishness seems oddly familiar to modern eyes; underfunded armed forces and fumbled military acquisitions prove an enduring theme in Canadian history. The author's account is straightforward, well-organized, firmly presented and utterly damning.Publisher's Weekly, Starred ReviewMobilize! is vivid and wonderfully researched.Blacklock's ReporterPreviousNextContributorsLarry D. RoseLarry D. Rose is the author of Mobilize!: Why Canada Was Unprepared for the Second World War. His articles have appeared in the Globe and Mail, the National Post, and other publications. He lives in Toronto.View Author Page J.L. GranatsteinJ.L. Granatstein, the director of the Canadian War Museum from 1998 to 2000, is a Toronto historian and the author of Who Killed the Canadian Military?.View Author Page Book DetailsPaperbackNovember 20136x9 in336 pp9781459710641PDFNovember 2013-336 pp9781459710658ePubNovember 2013-336 pp9781459710665