The first comprehensive examination and comparison of the indigenous peoples of the five British dominions during the First World War.

Timothy C. Winegard is Assistant Professor of History at Colorado Mesa University in Grand Junction, Colorado. His publications include Oka: A Convergence of Cultures and the Canadian Forces (2008) and For King and Kanata: Canadian Indians and the First World War (2012). He served for nine years as an officer in the Canadian Forces including a two-year attachment to the British Army.

Introduction; 1. Colonization and the settler state; 2. Racial constructs and martial theories; 3. Precedents of military pragmatism; 4. Dominion Defence Acts; 5. 1914: subjugated spectators; 6. 1915-16: King and country call; 7. 1917-18: all the King's men; 8. Indigenous soldiers; 9. The home front; 10. Peace with prejudice; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.