“It is unfortunate that the author’s style falls below the dignity of his conception, the careful marshalling of his authorities and the breadth of his learning.”
| + + − | Pol. Sci. Q. 22: 548. S. ’07. 250w. |
“The book is of value, not because it makes any substantial contributions to our knowledge of the past, but because it does reiterate the reasonable demand that our knowledge of the past should be put in such form that it can be used to explain the processes of social development, and to illuminate the problems of the present.” C. D.
| + + − | Yale. R. 16: 323. N. ’07. 660w. |
Forster, H. O. Arnold. Army in 1906: a policy and a vindication. *$4. Dutton.
War 7–45.
A two-part survey dealing first with the problems and measures brought before Parliament by the author from October 1903, to December, 1906, as representation of the War department in the House of Commons; second with the impressions which the writer has been led to form of some of the more important of the British military problems.
| + − | Ath. 1906, 2: 683. D. 1. 3350w. |
“Will no doubt be serviceable to American students of military economy who are desirous of knowing just how the British army stood before Mr. Haldane brought out his latest scheme of reform.”