The Halifax Explosion and the Royal Canadian Navy - Inquiry and Intrigue

John Griffith Armstrong is a retired career officer who taught history at the Royal Military College of Canada and was part of the team at the Department of National Defence¿s Directorate of History that wrote volume 3 of The Official History of the RCAF.

List of contents

Illustrations
Foreword / J.L. Granatstein
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Through Sailors' Eyes
1 The RCN in Halifax -- December 1917
2 Towards the Unthinkable
3 Halifax Tide
4 Through the Grim Day
5 Reaction and Recovery
6 Of Sailors, Lawyers, Goats, and Newspapers
7 Goats to the Slaughter
8 Covering the Tracks
Notes
Bibliography
Index

About the author

John Griffith Armstrong is a retired career officer who taught history at the Royal Military College of Canada and was part of the team at the Department of National Defence's Directorate of History that wrote volume 3 of The Official History of the RCAF.

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: John Griffith Armstrong
• Publisher: University of British Columbia Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.05.2003
• EAN: 9780774808910
• ISBN: 978-0-7748-0891-0
• No. of pages: 256
• Weight: 340 g
• Illustrations: 16 b&w photographs, 3 maps
• Series: Studies in Canadian Military History; Studies in Canadian Military H; Studies in Canadian Military History; Studies in Canadian Military H
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous