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Article: A Canadian Perspective on Anderson's Crucible of War.(Review)
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- Canadian Journal of History
- Article date:
- December 1, 2000
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While the Seven Years' War may be an obscure event for most Americans (p. xv), it has greater prominence in the minds of Canadians, making its way into political platforms (the Parti Quebecois) and prime-ministerial speeches. I admired A People's Army, so I looked forward to reading Fred Anderson's new book. Relying on much of the best current and past scholarship, Anderson does many things well. He has produced a comfortable read with flowing prose and bite-sized chapters.
It does not take long to discover that Anderson is much better at dealing with American history than that of New France.(1) In part this reflects the state of Canadian scholarship. Little has ...