Clio's Warriors

One of the greatest elements for capturing the public’s attention about any given war is the historians themselves who write it… [Tim Cook] takes a unique look at this issue, which makes for a fascinating read for those looking to know the motivations behind Canada’s historians. A.C., Esprit De Corps, Vol. 13, Iss. 5

One particular slice of Canadian historiography, however, has never adequately been examined: our official military historians…This is a strange oversight…Cook’s Clio’s Warriors: Canadian Historians and the Writing of the World Wars attempts to fill that gap and does so admirably – in fact, does so much more than admirably. Even if we accept that no history can be definitive, a meritorious few are destined for long and productive lives and Clio’s Warriors stands high amongst that rank. Roger Hall, Literary Review of Canada, vol. 14, no. 9

Clio’s Warriors is a lively and impeccably researched study that confirms how important it is to understand, not just how history is made, but how it is recorded. In writing so persuasively about Canada’s foremost military historians of the twentieth century, Tim Cook shows why he is such a worthy successor to their tradition. Jonathan Vance, author of Building Canada: People and Projects that Created the Nation and Death So Noble: Memory, Meaning, and the First World War