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Sir Arthur Currie's Papers Published
The Selected Papers of Sir Arthur Currie: Diaries, Letters, and Report to the Ministry, 1917-1933 (edited by Mark Humphries). Waterloo: LCMSDS Press, 2008. 350pp ($34.95).
Sir Arthur Currie is Canada's most famous military commander. Probably the best corps commander of the Great War, Currie was also paranoid, insecure, and aloof. His personality won him few friends and many enemies. Yet he was a devoted husband and father and was protective of the reputation of the men who had fought under his command. Introduced and edited by Mark Humphries, this collection brings together selections from Currie's private diary (1917-1919), his correspondence (1917-1933), and his complete final Report to the Ministry in 350 pages.
This is the first time that Currie's papers have been published together in a single collection. What emerges is a vivid, human portrait of Sir Arthur Currie the individual and the troubled times in which he lived. Max Aitken (Lord Beaverbrook), Robert Borden, Harry Crerar, A.F. Duguid, Douglas Haig, Henry Horne, Arthur Meighen, Edward Kemp, J.H. MacBrien, Mackenzie King, Victor Odlum, George Perely, and David Watson are just some of the important figures with whom Currie maintained a voluminous correspondence. Currie's letters to them as well as various provincial premiers, religious, and political figures illuminate not only events at the front, but also Canada's war at home and the legacy of the Great War for Canadian society.
Available from LCMSDS Press of Wilfrid Laurier University, this book is sure to appeal to anyone with an interest in Canadian history and the fascinating personality of Canada's most famous general.
The book will be launched at the 19th Annual Canadian Military History
Conference at the University of Waterloo, 1-3 May 2008.
It is available to pre-order today at the special rate of $29.95 through the LCMSDS Website at
www.canadianmilitaryhistory.com
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