Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments xi
4. Abbreviations xiii
5. Introduction: Britain and the Military Manpower Problems of the Empire, 1900–1945 1
6. 1. The Government That Could Not Say No and Australia’s Military Effort, 1914–1918 11
7. 2. Irish Identities in the British Army during the First World War 28
8. 3. Conserving British Manpower during and after the First World War 43
9. 4. The Canadian Garrison Artillery Goes to War, 1914–1918 56
10. 5. “Returning Home to Fight”: Bristolians in the Dominion Armies, 1914–1918 72
11. 6. Martial Race Theory and Recruitment in the Indian Army during Two World Wars 86
12. 7. Manpower, Training, and the Battlefield Leadership of British Army Officers in the Era of the Two World Wars 101
13. 8. Legitimacy, Consent, and the Mobilization of the British and Commonwealth Armies during the Second World War 116
14. 9. “Enemy Aliens” and the Formation of Australia’s 8th Employment Company 134
15. 10. The Body and Becoming a Soldier in Britain during the Second World War 144
16. 11. Canada and the Mobilization of Manpower during the Second World War 160
17. 12. South African Manpower and the Second World War 174
18. 13. Manpower Mobilization and Rehabilitation in New Zealand’s Second World War 187
19. 14. Caring for British Commonwealth Soldiers in the Aftermath of the Second World War 201
20. Conclusion: The Many Dimensions of Mobilizing Military Manpower 214
21. Notes 223
22. Select Bibliography 277
23. Notes on Contributors 283
24. Index 289