"Papers presented at the 13th RMC Military History Symposium held at the Royal Military College in late Mar. 1986"--Verso of t.p.

Polyethnicity and armed forces : an introduction / N.F. Dreisziger with R.A. Preston -- The ethnic question in the multinational Habsburg army, 1848-1918 / Istvan Deak -- Race, ethnicity, and social class in the French Colonial army : the Black African Tirailleurs, 1857-1958 / Myron Echenberg -- The American army and the Indian / Bruce White -- Race and the American military : past and present / Edwin Dorn -- "Brotherhood in arms" : the ethnic factor in the Soviet armed forces / Teresa Rakowska-Harmstone -- Bilingualism and multiculturalism in the Canadian armed forces / Richard A. Preston -- The unwelcome sacrifice : a Black unit in the Canadian expeditionary force, 1917-19 / John G. Armstrong.