The Army Quarterly for July (Clowes, 7s. 6d. net) maintains
its very high standard of interest. The Historical Section of the Committee of Imperial Defence contributes an authoritative account, with maps, of " Our Opponents at the Battle of the Marne "—a foretaste, no doubt, of the official history that is to appear hereafter. Captains Eady and Grimsdale, writing on " A Defence Ministry and a Strategic Staff," suggest that a single Defence Ministry, as recommended by the Geddes Com- mittee, might work well if it had a properly-trained " Defence " Staff of officers from the three Services. Colonel Bradbridge deals with the duties of a County Territorial Association. An unnamed writer gives a most instructive study of the little known Virginian campaign of October -and November,. -1-863;
after Gettysburg. Captain Wardle's " Notes on Fear in War " show how the psychologist can assist the soldier. " Sound training," he says, " must accept fear as a cardinal fact," and must " provide the soldier with channels, for the relief of his tension, which shall not run counter to the line of conduct required by duty." We may call attention to the editor's remarks on the risks that are being run by the reduction of the Army at a moment when our military liabilities are still very great.
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