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The Halifax Explosion and the Royal Canadian Navy

Inquiry and Intrigue

By: John Griffith Armstrong

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The Halifax Explosion and the Royal Canadian Navy

Inquiry and Intrigue

By: John Griffith Armstrong

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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258

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UBC Press

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0774841052

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9780774841054

Someone Else’s War

Fighting for the British Empire in World War I

By: John Connor

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Someone Else’s War

Fighting for the British Empire in World War I

By: John Connor

World War I was the first truly global conflict and its effects were felt across the British Empire. When war broke out in 1914, Great Britain had the largest empire, encompassing one quarter of the population of the world. Many colonial citizens were to be enlisted into the war effort and shipped from their homes in Africa, Asia and Australasia to fight on the battlefields of the Western Front. What was the experience of war like for citizens of empire, whether combatants or not? How did the empire affect countries administered by Great Britain but geographically located tens of thousands of miles from the conflict? In this book, John Connor tells the story of the people whose lives were profoundly affected by 'someone else's war' – dragged, against their will, into a geopolitical conflict vastly removed from their normal lives.

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362

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1786735431

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9781786735430

Andy Griffith's Manteo

His Real Mayberry

By: John Railey

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Andy Griffith's Manteo

His Real Mayberry

By: John Railey

Learn about the real life of beloved actor Andy Griffith. The world loves Sheriff Andy Taylor. Yet the actor who played him was intensely private. Here, for the first time, is the real Andy Griffith, his career and life defined by the island that made him in the years soon after World War II. He achieved his artistic breakthrough while acting in The Lost Colony drama on Roanoke Island, then spent the rest of his life repaying the island for giving him that start. Here, in unique closeup, is Andy of Manteo, reveling in wild, watery and loving ways with his fellow islanders. Author and journalist John Railey paints an intimate portrait of Andy, based on interviews with many of those who knew him best on the sand where he lived and died.

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160

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Arcadia Publishing

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1439674892

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9781439674895

The Halifax Explosion and the Royal Canadian Navy

Inquiry and Intrigue

By: John Griffith Armstrong

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Inquiry and Intrigue

By: John Griffith Armstrong

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The Halifax Explosion and the Royal Canadian Navy

The Halifax Explosion and the Royal Canadian Navy

Someone Else’s War

Someone Else’s War

Andy Griffith's Manteo

Andy Griffith's Manteo

The Halifax Explosion and the Royal Canadian Navy

The Halifax Explosion and the Royal Canadian Navy

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