A collection of incisive essays emerging from the second Fleet Historical Conference in Halifax, Nova Scotia, A Nation's Navy documents for the first time the evolution of a distinctive Canadian naval identity. Contributors explore a wealth of pivotal issues: the popular perception of the Canadian navy, the navy as an instrument of national policy, the impact of various wars and conflicts, the navy as an expression of Canadian society, the distinctive role of women and the integration of francophone Canadians, and the future direction of Canadian naval policy.
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- Includes bibliographical references (p. 425-441) and index
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- 359/.00971
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- 21
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- Collection of essays emerging from the Second Fleet Historical Conference in Halifax, Nova Scotia, October 8-9, 1993 Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
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- 0773515062 9780773566309
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- VA400
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- N38 1996eb
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- 1 electronic text (xiii, 460 p., [20] p. of plates)
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Table of Contents
- Contents 6
- Acknowledgments 10
- Abbreviations 12
- Illustrations 15
- Introduction 28
- PART ONE: SOUNDINGS 46
- 1 The Historiography of the Canadian Navy: The State of the Art 48
- 2 The Popular Image of the Canadian Navy 60
- 3 Strategy, the Fleet-in-Being, and the Strategic Culture of the Officer Corps 82
- PART TWO: THE NAVY AS AN INSTRUMENT OF NATIONAL POLICY 94
- 4 The RCN: Royal Colonial or Royal Canadian Navy? 96
- 5 The Roots of the Royal Canadian Navy: Sovereignty versus Nationalism, 1812–1910 116
- 6 The Rise of Proto-nationalism: Sir Wilfrid Laurier and the Founding of the Naval Service of Canada, 1902–1910 127
- 7 Sailors and Soldiers: The Royal Navy, the Canadian Forces, and the Defence of Atlantic Canada, 1890–1918 137
- 8 Fleet Replacement and the Crisis of Identity 156
- PART THREE: THE NAVY AS A FIGHTING SERVICE 190
- 9 A Minute Bletchley Park: Building a Canadian Naval Operational Intelligence Centre, 1939–1943 192
- 10 Muddling Through: Canadian Anti-submarine Doctrine and Practice, 1942–1945 208
- 11 MIFor MNF? The Dilemma of the "Lesser" Navies in the Gulf War Coalition 225
- 12 "A Good, Workable Little Fleet": Canadian Naval Policy, 1945–1950 240
- 13 Sailors, Admirals, and Politicians: The Search for Identity after the War 256
- PART FOUR: THE NAVY AND CANADIAN SOCIETY 272
- 14 A Nursery of Fighting Seamen? The Newfoundland Royal Naval Reserve, 1901–1920 274
- 15 The Social Background of the Wartime Navy: Some Statistical Data 291
- 16 The Wrens of the Second World War: Their Place in the History of Canadian Servicewomen 315
- 17 A Canadian Departure: The Evolution of HMCS Royal Roads, 1942–1948 332
- 18 HMCS Ottawa III: The Navy's First French-Language Unit, 1968–1973 345
- PART FIVE: PERSPECTIVES AND POLICIES FOR A NEW CENTURY 358
- 19 Strangers in Their Own Seas? A Comparison of the Australian and Canadian Naval Experience, 1910–1982 360
- 20 Maritime Command, National Missions, and Naval Identity 374
- 21 Points of Departure: Towards the Next Forty Years 386
- Notes 394
- Bibliography 460
- Notes on Contributors 478
- Index 484
- A 484
- B 485
- C 485
- D 487
- E 487
- F 487
- G 488
- H 488
- I 488
- J 489
- K 489
- L 489
- M 489
- N 490
- O 491
- P 491
- Q 491
- R 491
- S 492
- T 493
- U 493
- V 494
- W 494
- Y 495
- Z 495
