The Dollar a Year Men: How the Best Business Brains in Canada Helped to Win the Second World War

Allan Levine
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The Dollar a Year Men: How the Best Business Brains in Canada Helped to Win the Second World War

Allan Levine
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Great Read, Great Gift

"A great Canadian story: how we tapped our own talents to play a vital role at an important point in world history. And a great gift idea: this is a book Dad's will actually read."

Chefdenage (5/5)

Perfect gift for dad

"As Canadians reckon with our identity amidst unprecedented global turbulence, this book reminds us how Canadians came together and built up our wartime industries at a scale and speed never thought possible. It's a perfect gift for dads who are interested in WWII and industrial strategy. . . i. e. , most dads!"

Zoe K. (5/5)

Canada the world's 4th biggest military power

"What a revelation. If you’d thought that everything had been written about Canada in World War II, you’d be wrong. It was only three generations ago, but too few Canadians today have any idea who the Dollar-A Year Men were and what they accomplished for our country in a time of desperate need. Hundreds of business leaders were recruited by the federal government to run the wartime economy. This book tells the story how they transformed Canada from a farming economy into an industrial one in just six short years. What was achieved is astonishing. By war’s end, with just 11 million people, Canada was the 4th largest military and industrial power in the world. It’s an extraordinary story that all Canadians should know about. It is a great lesson for our times."

DJPowell (5/5)

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"I brought this cover and I was happy to read. This book is a lot of interesting features."

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  • Date de publication : Oct 29, 2025
  • Langue : anglais
  • Éditeur : Barlow Books
  • ISBN : 9781998841295
  • Dimensions : 6.0" W x 1.0" L x 9.0" H
“A cracking good story” Paul Wells, author and journalist
Allan Levine is an award-winning author and historian who has written sixteen books including Details are Unprintable: Wayne Lonergan and the Sensational Café Society Murder; Seeking the Fabled City: The Canadian Jewish Experience, which was longlisted for the RBC Taylor Prize; Toronto Biography of a City; King: William Lyon Mackenzie King: A Life Guided by the Hand of Destiny, which won the Alexander Kennedy Isbister Award for Non-Fiction; and Coming of Age: A History of the Jewish People of Manitoba that won the McNally-Robinson Book of the Year.

For the past fourteen years, he has written the column "Now & Then" for the Winnipeg Free Press, which looks at the history behind major news issues. His articles and reviews have also appeared in the Globe and Mail, National Post, Toronto Star, Maclean's and Tablet, among other publications.

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