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The Selected Papers of Sir Arthur Currie

Diaries, Letters, and Report to the Ministry, 1917-1933

Edited by Mark Humphries & Mark Osborne Humphries
Subjects History, Military History, Battlefield Guides
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Paperback : 9780978344122, 408 pages, May 2008
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Table of Contents for The Selected Papers of Sir Arthur Currie: Diaries, Letters, and Reports to the Ministry, 1917–1933 by Mark Humphries
Table of Maps
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Notes on Sources and the Text
Part I: Diaries and Correspondence, 1917–1919
Corps Commander, May–December 1917
Corps Commander, 1918
Corps Commander, January–August 1919
Part II: Interim Report on the Operations of the Canadian Corps during the Year 1918
First Period, 1 January–21 March
Second Period, 21 March–7 May
Third Period, 7 May–15 July
Fourth Period, 15 July–11 November
Fifth Period, 11 November–31 December
Part III: Correspondence and Personal Papers, 1919–1933
Inspector General of Militia, August 1919–April 1920
Principal of McGill University, April 1920–November 1933
Select Bibliography
Index

Description

The Selected Papers of Sir Arthur Currie brings to life the troubled world of Canada’s most famous general. Detailed, introspective, and comprehensive, Currie’s prolific writings illuminate events at the front and Canada’s war at home, revealing the legacy of the Great War for Canadian society. Through diaries, letters, and a final report to the government, this book presents a vivid portrait of a very private public figure.
Published by the Laurier Centre for Military, Strategic and Disarmament Studies and distributed by Wilfrid Laurier University Press.

Reviews

The many sides of Arthur Currie come through beautifully in this skillfully edited collection. By bringing together a wealth of documents relating to Currie's handling of the Canadian Corps, Mark Humphries has produced a book that will become an essential research tool for the specialist, and will offer the general reader a fascinating glimpse at the challenges faced by one of the greatest commanders of the First World War.

- Jonathan Vance, University of Western Ontario, 2008 April