Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. PREFACE ix
3. PREFACE TO REVISED EDITION xiii
4. CONTENTS xv
5. ABBREVIATIONS xvi
6. I. INTRODUCTORY : THE EARLY HISTORY OF IMPERIAL DEFENCE 1
7. II. BRITAIN AND THE COLONIAL RELATIONSHIP AT THE BEGINNING OF THE VICTORIAN AGE 26
8. III. PROBLEMS OF BRITISH MILITARY POLICY : COLONIAL RELIEFS AND HOME DEFENCE 52
9. IV. CANADA UNDER RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT : THE MILITARY QUESTION DURING ELGIN'S ADMINISTRATION 64
10. V. THE CRIMEAN WAR AND THE BEGINNINGS OF THE CANADIAN VOLUNTEER FORCE, 1854-1860 89
11. VI. CANADA AND THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR: THE EARLY PHASES 117
12. VII. CANADA AND THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR: THE DEEPEST SHADOW 149
13. VIII. FENIANISM AND FEDERATION 181
14. IX. CARDWELL CUTS THE GORDIAN KNOT 206
15. X. THE END OF THE OLD ORDER 232
16. AUTHORITIES 267
17. NOTES ADDITIONAL TO THE TEXT 287
18. INDEX 291