The Battle of Hong Kong: 70 Years Later

Tyler Wentzell, a Canadian infantry officer and the author of a recent article on Brigadier J.K. Lawson, visited Hong Kong last summer. He had the opportunity to range over the former British colony and explore the area where the Canadian fought and died in December 1941. This feature provides a “then and now” look at those battlefields

“Crisis and Control: The Militarization of Protest Policing (Book Review)” by Lesley J. Wood

Review of Crisis and Control: The Militarization of Protest Policing by Lesley J. Wood

Review of An Army of Brigadiers: British Brigade Commanders at the Battle of Arras 1917 by Trevor Harvey

Review of An Army of Brigadiers: British Brigade Commanders at the Battle of Arras 1917 by Trevor Harvey

Americans at War in Foreign Forces: A History, 1914-1945 (Book Review) by Chris Dickon

Review of Americans at War in Foreign Forces: A History, 1914-1945. Chris Dickon. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company Inc., 2014. Pp. 234

Brigadier J.K. Lawson and Command of “C” Force at Hong Kong

Brigadier J.K. Lawson, the commander of the Canadian contingent at the Battle of Hong Kong, has been the subject of only a few statements in any work concerning the battle. These statements, as false and misleading as they are, have been referenced many times and are generally taken as fact. This article seeks to rectify this affair by providing a biographical profile of Lawson based on archival data and interviews with his family. Contrary to other accounts, Lawson was a professional soldier with substantial education and experience in his craft and he was extremely well–suited to his appointment to command the Canadian force sent to Hong Kong in late 1941

The Effects of Emotion-Focused versus Instrumental Rumination on the Provision of Social Support

Victims of negative events often report that they do not receive the expected and desired social support (e.g., Dunkel-Schetter, 1984). The current study investigated the impact of two types of victim rumination and gender role expectations on support provision and receipt. Using a 2 (Instrumental vs. Emotion-Focused Rumination) x 2 (Victim Gender) x 2 (Participant Gender) between-subjects factorial design, 136 undergraduate students interacted with one of four "burglary victims" for eight minutes, providing both behavioral and questionnaire data. Results suggest that instrumental ruminators receive more support than emotion-focused ruminators. Women provided more support to victims than did men. Additionally, male victims' coping was evaluated more positively than female victims' coping, regardless of rumination type