Military History

Indian in the War" (Reginald Horsman)' Of particular interest is "Kentucky in the Northwest Campaign" (Thomas D. Clark), which analyses the connection between the war and party politics in that state and the ruinous inRation that followed participation. The second book consists of the talks given at the Fourth Seminar on Canadian-American Relations at Assumption University of Windsor, November 8, 9, 10, 1962 (Windsor: The Seminar, pp. x, 361). After an introductory statement by L. B. Pearson, then Leader of the Opposition, there are the texts of some twenty-five talks on cultural, defence, economic, historical, labour and scientific relations, with contributions from diplomats, business and labour spokesmen, journalists, politicians, and university administrators and professors. On the whole, "hands across the border" platitudes are subordinated to informative and thought-provoking comment on the topics discussed. Finally, we have three miscellaneous titles. In Broadcasting the Canadian Way ( Harvest House, pp. xiv, 130, $2.00 paper, $4.00 cloth), Albert A. Shea argues that "the survival of Canada depends On making use of modern communication to maintain the integrity and unity of the nation," and he proceeds to make some incisive criticisms of Canadian broadcasting policy. Henry Roxborough's Canada at the Olympics (Ryerson, pp. xii, 173, $4.50) is an agreeably written survey of Olympiads since the revival in 1896 and of Canadian accomplishments in each one. And in his A Nostalgic View of Canada ( McClelland & Stewart, pp. 44, $1.95), Donald W. Buchanan has successfully used words and camera to show that "the visual order in Canada today ... can best be described as the strident juxtaposition of conRicting objects." MILITARY HISTORY Richard A. Preston The output of military history in 1963 was quite up to the high standard of recent years. Among regimental histories, and among histories of other aspects of warfare, there were Canadian books which compare favourably with those of any other time or place. Richard Glover's Peninsular Preparation: The Reform of the British Army, 1795-1809 (Cambridge: At the University Press [Macmillan of Canada], pp. viii, 315, $8.00) must surely establish its author as one of the foremost contemporary historians of the British army. British military prowess, which was the laughing stock of Europe around 1790, improved 486 LEITERS IN CANADA: 1963 in the course of less than two decades until it became pre-eminent despite the genius of the great Napoleon. Credit goes to the Duke of York, son of George III. Professor Glover's investigation of the process of reform is based on a thorough grasp of the organization of the army that adds much to Fortescue, Oman, Godfrey Davies, and Burne. The author's erudition is formidable without being forbidding. His clarity in presenting a subject that must inevitably be technical is admirable. He shows beyond doubt that Wellington's ability would have been of no avail had he not had put into his hand a tool which, though once blunt, had been tempered and sharpened. By coincidence, another Canadian book about the British army, which is already well established as a classic, has been re-published in this same year. Colonel C. P. Stacey's Canada and the British Army, 1846-1871: A Study in the Practice of Responsible Government (In association with the Royal Commonwealth Society by University of Toronto Press, pp. xvi, 293, $5.50) has been out of print for over twenty years. It deals with the period immediately before the British army underwent another great shake-up and it explains the origins of one of the necessary preliminaries, the withdrawal of the garrisons from self-governing colonies. Refusal of Canadians, when grasping the opportunities of self-government, to shoulder the burdens as well, compelled War Secretary Cardwell to adopt the policy of complete withdrawal. Colonel Stacey's study has long been an essential starting point for the investigation of certain aspects of the development of Dominion autonomy. Its renewed availability is timely when a new generation of colonies is launching itself into independence. Of four regimental histories of Canadian units, two deal with New Brunswick. The 104th Regiment of Foot (The New Brunswick Regiment ), 1803-1817 (Fredericton: Brunswick Press, pp. 246, $4.00) takes us back...