The Role of War Planning in Canadian-American Relations, 1867-1939

Richard A. Preston. The Defence of the Undefended Border: Planning for War in North America, 1867-1939. Montreal and London: McGill-Queen's University Press, 1977. 300 + xiv pp. North American society was born in the crucible of war. Following the establishment of the first European colonies, the continent witnessed several major wars as well as countless Indian raids, campaigns and other local conflicts. This state of affairs did not come to an end even when Britain gained control of most of the continent's inhabited regions during the Seven Years War. Two decades later the land was again divided and major conflict again became a possibility. Indeed, war did break out in 1812, bringing the number of major confrontations in North America to six, not counting any of the Indian wars

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