I recently completed reading ‘England Canada and the Great War’ by Louis-Georges Desjardins, the noted journalist and politician. I acquired it after running a search in the Kindle Store for free books relating to military history, but although the title seemed to promise an interesting read, this book is actually an argument by Desjardins to dispute the articles put forth by Henri Bourassa, the Canadian nationalist, politician, and journalist.

The book reads like a far right politician arguing the merits of the First World War and how it relates to Canada, with a far left politician. The reality, as usual in these cases, lies somewhere in the middle. Desjardins writes of how the German nation must be beaten, and beaten down hard. They must be punished to ensure that a war such as this never happens again. He got his wish, but sadly didn’t live long enough to see the fruits of his wishes.

This book has very little information about the war itself, but since it is free as an eBook, it does give an interesting political insight of the far right’s view of the war, although it is extremely repetitive.

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