Salute!: Canada's Great Military Leaders from Brock to Dextraze

J.L. Granatstein, distinguished research professor emeritus of history
at York University, is the author of Who Killed Canadian History? and
co-author of The Canadian 100: The 100 Most Influential Canadians of the
20th Century and the Dictionary of Canadi

Arthur Bishop has produced a substantial number of books on Canada’s
military heritage, all extolling the national record and Canadian
heroes. Salute!, a study of “Canada’s great military leaders from
Brock to Dextraze,” however, is not one of his best. The research is
almost all potted, pried from existing books. Neither the author nor the
publisher proofread the book, or so it appears, and the dozens of
mistakes of fact and typography will undoubtedly frustrate everyone who
knows the field.

Still, the individual essays read briskly, with de Salaberry, Currie,
and Dextraze perhaps coming off best in terms of leadership and military
skill. The only profile that seems slightly out of place is that of an
air force officer Bishop served under during World War II. Air Vice
Marshal Keith Hodson clearly was an able officer, but regrettably his
early death meant that he does not merit inclusion. This is no book for
specialists, but it may get students interested in Canadian military
history.