This thematic shift through the exploration of intolerance in the enlistment process would utilize Clarke’s informative as a platform for discussion. Involved in the reimagination of Canadian historical memory, Unwanted Warriors can become a vehicle for discussion on post-modern Canadian history. Reviewing the cases of rejected Canadian volunteers, the use of presentism to support the thesis of Unwanted Warriors weakens the argument against the Canadian Expeditionary Force’s intolerance. A failure in examining the issue in the historical present, modifications to the book transform its purpose to a premise for debate on regulation and resistance. Discussing historical memory of the Great War, Clarke argues that many of the restrictions on enlistment in Canada were unnecessary and discriminatory. However, in arguing for this, Clarke neglects his perspective and fashions his argument in the present through misguided assertions supported with twisted facts. Comparing the test of health administered by officials to those today, Clarke mocks the
This thematic shift through the exploration of intolerance in the enlistment process would utilize Clarke’s informative as a platform for discussion. Involved in the reimagination of Canadian historical memory, Unwanted Warriors can become a vehicle for discussion on post-modern Canadian history. Reviewing the cases of rejected Canadian volunteers, the use of presentism to support the thesis of Unwanted Warriors weakens the argument against the Canadian Expeditionary Force’s intolerance. A failure in examining the issue in the historical present, modifications to the book transform its purpose to a premise for debate on regulation and resistance. Discussing historical memory of the Great War, Clarke argues that many of the restrictions on enlistment in Canada were unnecessary and discriminatory. However, in arguing for this, Clarke neglects his perspective and fashions his argument in the present through misguided assertions supported with twisted facts. Comparing the test of health administered by officials to those today, Clarke mocks the