As an open access follow-up to his 2021 monograph Montreal at War 1914-1918, Terry Copp has released an analysis of the city of Montreal in the early years of the Second World War.
Drawing on the diverse newspapers published in Montreal and extensive archival records, Montreal At War 1938-1943 charts the metropolis’ experience through the later years of the Great Depression, the rise of fascism, the outbreak of the Second World War in Europe, and its escalation into total war.
Copp examines how the citizens of Canada’s largest and most multi-cultural city responded to the economic hardship, political radicalization, mobilization, and eventual sacrifice of the Second World War.
Terry Copp, C.M. is the leading scholar of Canada’s military role in the Second World War and an influential advocate for military history in both military and civilian post-secondary education.