The Just War Summary

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The geological and chronological scope examined by Jonathan Vance spans from roughly just before the war up until twenty years after the war (roughly 1939). Geographically the scope of Death so Noble examines all of the Dominion of Canada from the small towns of The Prairies to the urban centres of Ontario and Québec. Geologically and Chronologically, Vance covers a large area and period of time when myth and memory surrounding the Great War was at its apex. The sources used by Vance are widely varied and are typically primary sources such as: monuments, art work, and literature including poetry, photos, advertisements and personal accounts to name a few examples. These sources are well-balanced and provide Vance with sufficient evidence …show more content…
Vance examines how the change within Canadian society also saw a change in how Canadians viewed war. The myths analysed by Vance can be seen throughout the book’s chapters such as “The Just War” (p.12). The myths examined by Vance seem to have the ultimate purpose of being a coping method for Canadians affected by the war and in many ways they sought out for an answer to explain why the war occurred and whether it was even worth the sacrifice of roughly 61,000 lives. Vance breaks down the myths into major themes or aspects of the myths surrounding the Great War as follows: “The Just War” – a fight between good and evil and the protection of civilisation (p. 12), “Christ in Flanders” – the “Christian Crusade” against the barbarism of Germany (p.35), positivism and “vaudevillian culture” (p.84-85), the “band of brothers” effect within Canadian society and how veterans became a class of their own, “the cult of the service roll” and the last few chapters on the keeping the memory of the Great War and its mythical ideals alive, while the last chapter seeks to find the Canadian identity formed out of the Great War. All of these different aspects came together within Canadian society to produce an idealised memory of the war that sought to conform to a specific Canadian idea or myth. The general overall myth that Vance touches upon within the book is described in the following excerpt, “That vision affirmed November 1918 as a clear and unequivocal victory for the Allied cause. The Hun had been vanquished, and civilisation has been saved from the threat of barbarism…Because Canada could look back with pride at its first world war. The nation had fought a good fight; it had been a just war” (p.13). This excerpt validates the many facets of myth found within
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