Calgary Public Library

The Naval service of Canada, 1910-2010, the centennial story, edited by Richard H. Gimblett

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Includes bibliographical references and index

federal national government publication

illustrations

index present

non fiction

The Naval service of Canada, 1910-2010

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edited by Richard H. Gimblett

the centennial story

Known Officially until 1968 as the Royal Canadian navy and since then as the Maritime Command of the Canadian Forces, the naval service of Canada has played an important role in the development and security of our nation. This commemorative volume chronicles the full century, 1910-2010, of the Canadian Navy as a proud national institution

1 Toward a Canadian Naval Service, 1867-1914 / Roger Sarty -- Maritime Research and Development to the End of the First World War / Harold Merklinger -- 2 The Royal Canadian Navy and the First World War / William Johnston -- 3 The Interwar Years / Bill Rawling -- Maritime Research and Development in the Interwar Period, 1919-39 / Harold Merklinger -- 4 "Stepping Forward and Upward": The Royal Canadian Navy and Overseas Operations, 1939-45 / Donald E. Graves -- Maritime Research and Development in the Second World War / Harold Merklinger -- 5 Fighting the U-Boats, 1939-45 / Marc Milner -- 6 Naval Art of the Second World War / Pat Jessup -- 7 A Brave New World, 1945-60 / Isabel Campbell -- Maritime Research and Development, 1945-60 Harold Merklinger -- 8 Years of Crisis: The Canadian Navy in the 1960s / Richard Oliver Mayne -- Maritime Research and Development, 1960-68 / Harold Merklinger -- 9 From Uncertainty to Maturity, 1968-89 / Peter T. Haydon -- Maritime Research and Development, 1968-89 / Harold Merklinger -- 10 The Transformation Era, 1990 to the Present / Richard H. Gimblett -- Maritime Research and Development, Since 1990 / Harold Merklinger and Ross Graham -- 11 The Problematic World of the Navy's Second Century / James Boutilier Contributors