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The Halifax Explosion and the Royal Canadian Navy|John Griffith Armstrong
 
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The Halifax Explosion and the Royal Canadian Navy : Inquiry and Intrigue
by John Griffith Armstrong
 
Trade paperback
$51.86

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Kennys.ie
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The Halifax Explosion and the Royal Canadian Navy: Inquiry and IntrigueThe Halifax Explosion and the Royal Canadian Navy: Inquiry and Intrigue (Trade paperback)
Pub. Date: 2002
Publisher: University of British Columbia Press
Price: $28.00
Seller: Tehanu's Books, Gilroy, CA, USA
Description: Trade paperback; glued binding. 248 p. Contains: illus., index. Studies in Canadian Military History, 1.
Condition: Fine. No dust jacket as issued. No visible sign of wear.
The Halifax Explosion and the Royal Canadian Navy: Inquiry and IntrigueThe Halifax Explosion and the Royal Canadian Navy: Inquiry and Intrigue (Softcover)
Pub. Date: 2003
Publisher: UBC Press
Price: $27.00
Seller: Brian Bauld (B-Line Books), Amherst, NS, CAN
Description: 0774808918.
Condition: Near Fine
Notes: Stiff crisp unmarked book.; 8.9 X 5.9 X 0.8 inches; 256 pages.
 
 
 
 

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Overview

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. Astonishingly, until now no one has consulted the large federal government archives that contain first-hand 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 a compelling analysis of the legal manoeuvres, rhetoric, blunders, public controversy, and crisis management that ensued. His disturbing conclusion is that federal officials knew of potential dangers in the harbour before the explosion, took no corrective action, and kept the information from the public.

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  • PID: 17817523650
  • ISBN-13: 9780774808910
  • Publisher: University of British Columbia Press
  • Seller: Kennys.ie
    Condition: New
    Notes: The Halifax Explosion of 1917 is a defining event in the Canadian consciousness; this title offers a sustained analytical history of the disaster, using the large federal government archives that contain first-hand accounts and the response of the national authorities. Series: Studies in Canadian Military History. Num Pages: 256 pages, 16 b&w illustrations, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBCV; 3JJF; HBJK; HBTM; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 340. 2003. Illustrated. Paperback.....We ship daily from our Bookshop.