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Publication
Laurier Centre for Military, Strategic and Disarmament Studies, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario
Description
Harry Pope was a prominent soldier, NDP Party organizer, and economist. Leading from the Front is the only memoir to provide an inside look at the Canadian campaign in both Italy (1943--45) and the Korean War. Published by the Laurier Centre for Military, Strategic and Disarmament Studies and distributed by Wilfrid Laurier University Press.
Language
Original language
English
Physical description
248 p.; 15.24 cm
ISBN
0968875025 / 9780968875025
Local notes
Harry Pope MC, captured in Italy, May 1944 while trying to recover wounded members of his platoon. Escaped from back of a truck and crossed back to Allied lines 20 July 1944 after spending time with anti-fascist partisans.