Unwanted Warriors

This book is an interesting and very worthy addition to World War I historiography.

Jordan A.S. Chase:
In Nic Clarke’s well-researched and well-written Unwanted Warriors: The Rejected Volunteers of the Canadian Expeditionary Force, the historian at the Canadian War Museum has provided his readers with an illuminating study pertaining to Canada and the First World War based largely on previously unexamined sources … Clarke provides his readers with a new way of looking at recruitment, loyalty, duty, casualties, and conscription in Canada between 1914 and 1919.

Mark Humphries, Wilfred Laurier University:

...highly recommended for students of the Great War.

Pat Brennan, fellow of the Centre for Military and Strategic Studies, University of Calgary:
Vast numbers of men tried to enlist during the Great War and were turned down, sometimes repeatedly. Until now, we have known little about these individuals – why they were rejected by the army and the impact this had on them personally and in their community. In Unwanted Warriors, Nic Clarke answers these very questions, adroitly documenting the war’s impact on Canadian society.

Amy Shaw, author of Crisis of Conscience: Conscientious Objection in Canada during the First World War:
Unwanted Warriors will capture a broad audience of military historians, as well as those studying the history of disability, eugenics, and health. Nic Clarke makes the convincing case that, given the large group of men rejected for service and the significant discussion they generated in the public opinion of the day, their stories are vital for an understanding of First World War Canada.