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Far from Home: Canada and the Great War - Part 1
Canada was led to war by a bigoted, ignorant, self-obsessed Minister of Militia, who may well have been clinically insane, but the importance of Canada's contribution in that war owes a great deal to him. The man of course, was Colonel - later made Lieutenant General by his own hand - Sam Hughes. Sam's Army is a compelling portrait of a complex man and the formidable military he built. Sam Hughes was not your standard-issue military leader. Canada's World War I Minister of Militia and Defence concentrated power in his own hands, insisted that the Canadian military use the ill-conceived Ross rifle and liberally promoted his cronies. But there was no denying Hughes was a visionary. He assembled the world's largest-ever volunteer army and bucked superiors to keep his ferocious fighting force together in one Canadian Corps.
Paul Gross
Narrator
David Calderisi
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Benedict Campbell
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Patrick Garrow
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Linda Goranson
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David Hemblen
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Ray Landry
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Paul Miller
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Victoria Mitchell
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John Ralston
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Jacques Tourangeau
Henri Bourassa
Richard Waugh
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Heinar Piller
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