The Halifax explosion and the Royal Canadian Navy : inquiry and intrigue / John Griffith Armstrong.
The Halifax explosion and the Royal Canadian Navy : inquiry and intrigue / John Griffith Armstrong.
The Halifax explosion and the Royal Canadian Navy : inquiry and intrigue / John Griffith Armstrong.
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Vancouver : UBC Press, c2002.
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N940.457/1
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English
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x, 248 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 24 cm.
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Vancouver : UBC Press, c2002.
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British Columbia
Date Published
c2002.
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"The Halifax Explosion of 1917 is a defining event in the Canadian consciousness, yet it has never been the subject of a sustained analytical history. Astonishngly, until now no one has consulted the large federal government archives that contain firsthand accounts of the disaster and the response of national authorities.".
"Canada's recently established navy was at the epicentre of the crisis. Armstrong reveals the navy's compelling, and little-known, story by carefully retracing the events preceding the disaster and the role of the military in its aftermath. He catches the pulse of disaster response in official Ottawa and provides an analysis of the legal manoeuvres...
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The Halifax explosion and the Royal Canadian Navy : inquiry and intrigue / John Griffith Armstrong.
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Studies in Canadian military history, 1499-6251 ; 1.
Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references: p. 237-238.
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N940.457/1
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74Vvx4kA3JOl
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0774808918 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
077480890X (acid-free paper)
9780774808910 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
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940.457
971.6225
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991016876759702626
