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THIS ISSUE IS DEVOTED TO THE TOPIC "1776. THE U.S. AND US" AND PROVIDES AN ANALYSIS OF THE CANADIAN CONCERN ABOUT THE PRESSURES EXTRTED BY THE AMERICAN PRESENCE. THE AUTHOR ARGUES THAT THIS CONCERN CENTERS MAINLY ON THE ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL FORCES AS WELL AS THE GREATER MILITARY POTENTIAL OF THE UNITED STATES AND BRINGS INTO QUESTION WHETHER CANADA ACTUALLY HAS A DISTINCTIVE IDENTITY.

A little less than a hundred years ago Alexander Mackenzie founded the Royal Military College of Canada and ever since it has been producing leaders for this country. From its inception it has been distinctive among military colleges and academies for two reasons: it was the first to be established in a colonial dependency and it had a double function, the preparation of cadets for civilian careers as well as for military commissions. This is the first complete history of the college, an impartial discussion of its strengths and weaknesses, of its academic development and military tradition. Professor Preston trances the turbulent career of the college from its beginnings, through the political upheavals of the 1800s and the following years when it was reformed to produce an important nucleus of the Canadian Expeditionary Force officer corps in World War I. The democratization of Canadian education in the between-wars period was matched at RMC: it began accepting Canadians from all levels, a process that was developed further with the introduction of the Regular Officers Training Plan after World War II. Closed during the war, the college reopened again in 1948 despite attempts to prevent its revival or fundamentally change its nature. The author was the first new civilian appointment at the reorganized college and reports at first hand the development of the school: the tri-service scheme, the addition of specialized humanities course, and the attempt to combine traditional discipline with modern conditions in an academic atmosphere. Professor Preston has provided an account of an integral part of Canada's development, a definitive history which describes the part played by this national college in the shaping of a nation

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Colonial Defense -- 2. The American Civil War and the Defense of Canada -- 3. The Origins of Canadian Control of Military Affairs -- 4. A Naval Mirage-Imperial Defense, 1870-1897 -- 5. The Bombardment Bogie, the Sudan, and Canada -- 6. Rebellion in the Canadian West and the Canadian Militia, 1885-1895 -- 7. "The Necessity for an Army as well as a Navy . . . " -- 8. Hutton and a Canadian National Army -- 9. The Boer War, the Reinvigoration of Imperialism,-or of Colonial Nationalism? -- 10. The Defeat of Imperial Defense Centralization -- 11. British Military Reforms and Canadian Defense Problems -- 12. Military Co-operation and Na val Decentralization -- 13. The Dreadnought Crisis and Its Effects -- 14. An Empire United but Diverse, 1911-1914 -- 15. Commonwealth Defense Co-operation Matures in War -- Selective Bibliography -- Index

This book studies the official and unofficial thought in Canada and the United States about the problem of fighting a war in North America, especially from the British withdrawal up to the consummation of alliance in 1939.

The years 1910 to 1925 cover Sapir's residence in Ottawa; they were significant for his personal development, for his participation in the professionalization of Canadian anthropology, and for his substantial and original contributions to anthropology as a cosmopolitan discipline. These three perspectives ‐ personal, professional and disciplinary ‐ are used in this paper to depict schematically some important aspects of his genius and his career. His envisioned 'psychiatric science' was taking shape during the period; his article, 'the unconscious patterning of behaviour in society' which poses still unanswered questions is herein discussed.Les années de 1910 à 1925 entourent le séjour à Ottawa de Sapir, et elles étaient significatives en ce qui conceme son développment personnel, sa participation à la création du charactére professionel de l'anthropo‐logie canadienne, et sa contribution solide et originelle à l'anthropologie come discipline cosmopolite. Ces trois aspects, personnel, professionel, et celui du discipline, sont les approches complémentaires, prises dans cet essai pour piendre schkmatiquement des éléments importants de son génie et sa carriére. Sa 'science psychiatrique' qu'il a prévue était en train de se former pendant cette époque, et son article 'The unconscious patterning of behaviour in society,' est ici discuté, ce qui pose des questions encore sans résponse, lequelles Sapir essay ait de formuler à ce temps‐là.