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HistoriesoftheFirstWorldWarareoftenwrittenfromaBritishperspectiveignoringthecoalitionelementoftheconx1dictandtheFrenchpointofview.InStrategyandCommandRoyPreteoffersamajornewinterpretationsupportedbyin-depthresearchinFrencharchivalsources.Inthex1crstofthreeprojectedvolumesPretecraftsabehind-the-sceneslookatAnglo-FrenchcommandrelationsduringWorldWarIfromthestartoftheconx1dictuntil1915whentrenchwarfaredrasticallyalteredthesituation.DrawingonextensivearchivalresearchPretearguesthattheBritishgovern-mentx19sprimaryinterestlayinthedefenceoftheempirethesmallexpedi-tionaryforcesenttoFrancewasprogressivelyenlargedbecausetheFrenchespeciallyCommander-in-ChiefJosephJoffredraggedtheirBritishallyintoaprogressivelygreaterinvolvement.NewinformationgleanedfromFrenchpublicandprivatearchivesx13includingprivatediariesx13enlargeourunder-standingofkeyplayersinthealliedrelationship.Preteshowsthatsuspicionanddistrustonthepartofbothsidesofthealliancecontinuedtoinformrelationswellafterthecircumstancescreatingthemhadchanged.StrategyandCommandclearlyestablishesthefundamentalstrategicdifferencesbetweenthealliesatthestartofthewarsettingthestageforthenexttwovolumes.x1cPretehastoldthisstorywellinaclearreadablenarrative.x1dTheJournalofBritishStudiesRoyA.PreteisemeritusprofessorofhistoryattheRoyalMilitaryCollegeofCanada.ThisbookistheproductofDonaldAkensonx19sdecadesofresearchandwritingonIrishsocialhistoryanditsrelationshiptotheIrishdiasporax13itisalsotheproductofalifetimeoftryingtox1cgureoutwhereSwedish-Americaactuallycamefromandwhy.ThesetwomattersAkensonshowsareintimatelyrelated.IrelandandSwedeneachprovideatightcasestudyofalargerphe-nomenononethatforbetterorworseshapedthemodernworldtheGreatEuropeanDiasporaofthex1ctruex1dnineteenthcentury.Akensonx19sbookpartscompanywiththegreatbulkofrecentemigrationresearchbyemployingsharptransnationalcomparisonsandbysituatingthetwocasestudiesinthelargercontextoftheGreatEuropeanMigrationandofwhatdeterminesthephysicsofadiasporanosmallmatterastheconceptofdiasporahasbecomecentraltotwenty-x1crst-centurytransnationalstudies.Hearguesagainsttheincreasingrefusalofmainstreamhistorianstouseempiricaldatabasesthatthehistorycommunitystillhasalottolearnfromeconomichistoriansandsimultaneouslythatdespitetheself-conx1cdenceoftheirpro-ponentsnarroweconomicallybasedexplanationsoftheGreatEuropeanMigrationleaveoutmanyofthemostimportantaspectsofthewholecomplextransaction.Akensonbelievesthatcultureandeconomicmattersbothcountandthatleavingeitheroneonthemarginsofexplanationyieldsnovalidexplanationatall.x1cThismonumentalstudyclearlywillhaveahugeimpactinthex1celd.x1dDonaldMacRaildNorthumbriaUniversityDonaldHarmanAkensonisDouglasProfessorofCanadianandColonialHistoryatQueenx19sUniversity.19MQUPFALL2012SPECIFICATIONSAugust2012978-0-7735-4079-839.95ACDN39.95AUS26.99paper6x9320pp10bwphotos5maps1tableSIMULTANEOUSELECTRONICEDITIONAVAILABLESPECIFICATIONSSeptember2012978-0-7735-3958-734.95ACDN34.95AUS22.99paper6x9320ppNorthAmericanrightsSIMULTANEOUSELECTRONICEDITIONAVAILABLEEUROPEANHISTORYMIGRATIONSTUDIESMILITARYHISTORYnewinpaperStrategyandCommandTheAnglo-FrenchCoalitionontheWesternFront1914roya.preteAfascinatinglookatAnglo-FrenchcommandrelationsattheonsetoftheFirstWorldWar.newinpaperIrelandSwedenandtheGreatEuropeanMigration1815x131914donaldharmanakensonAcomparativehistoryofEuropeanemigration.