5 OCTOBER 1912, Page 13

Protection in War. By Major-Gen. F. J. Aylmer, V.C., C.B.

(H. Rees. 7s. 6d. net.)—General Aylmer writes with the vigour and concentration of one who has thought out his subject thoroughly and knows how to bring essentials into their proper setting. "In war there is an inherent unreadiness in every force which arises from the independent will power of the enemy." How is this unreadiness to be minimized? The chapters which deal with the value and use of cavalry in reconnaissance are admirable, but the title of the book would seem to justify a larger space than the few lines devoted to the future of the aero- plane. The next war, possibly the late manesuvres, will mean the rewriting of many text-books.