Veterans with a Vision

Serge Marc Durflinger is an associate professor of history at the University of Ottawa. He is the author of Fighting from Home: The Second World War in Verdun, Quebec and co-editor of War and Society in Post-Confederation Canada.

• PrefaceIntroduction1 Canada's First War Blinded, 1899-19182 The Sir Arthur Pearson Club of War Blinded Soldiers and Sailors, 1919-293 The Years of Struggle, 1930-394 Rehabilitating the Blinded Casualties of the Second World War, 1939-505 Older and Wiser: Canada's War Blinded in the Aftermath of War, 1945-706 Twilight, 1971-2002ConclusionNotesSelect BibliographyIndex

Veterans with a Vision is a must read for historians interested in the social impact of war on Canadian society. It is well written, thoroughly researched, soundly organized, and poignantly relevant as Canada prepares to rehabilitate a new generation of veterans in the post-Afghanistan era.- Alex Souchen, University of Western Ontario (Canadian Military History Journal) Durflinger successfully illustrates the important contributions made by war blinded veterans to the creation of national institutions and celebrates the men who achieved personal success in spite of their disability. In spite of minor reservations, Veterans with a Vision makes important contributions to the field of veterans' studies, the development of the Canadian state, and will be a useful work for scholars of twentieth century Canada.- Brian MacDowall, York University (Historire sociale - Social History, Vol. XLV, No 89)