The Forked Road

Introduction by Dean Oliver Volume XVIII of the Canadian Centenary Series Now available as e-books for the first time and with the addition of a new introduction by Dean Oliver of the Museum of Canadian History, the Canadian Centenary Series is a comprehensive nineteen-volume history of the peoples and lands which form Canada. Although the series is designed as a unified whole so that no part of the story is left untold, each volume is complete in itself.Canada's declaration of war against Germany in 1939 marked the beginning of a significant period in the history of the nation. By the end of the Liberal regime in 1957 the country had undergone immense growth in human and material resources. The experience of the Second World War had been followed by participation in the Korean War and the Cold War. The Great Depression had given way to a boom, which had continued through an exchange crisis, inflation, and minor recessions. In addition, new life...