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Genre/Form: | Livre électronique (Descripteur de forme) Ressource Internet (Descripteur de forme) |
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Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
John Griffith Armstrong |
OCLC Number: | 757056420 |
Notes: | Titre de l'écran-titre (visionné le 10 oct. 2008). |
Awards: | Winner of John Lyman Book Award, North American Society for Oceanic History 2003 (United States) Short-listed for Margaret and John Savage First Book Award, Atlantic Writing Awards 2002 (Canada) Short-listed for Dartmouth Non-Fiction Book Award, Atlantic Writing Awards 2002 (Canada) Short-listed for Keith Matthews Prize, Canadian Nautical Research Society 2003 (Canada) |
Description: | 1 online resource. |
Contents: | IllustrationsForeword / J.L. GranatsteinAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Through Sailors' Eyes1 The RCN in Halifax -- December 19172 Towards the Unthinkable3 Halifax Tide4 Through the Grim Day5 Reaction and Recovery6 Of Sailors, Lawyers, Goats, and Newspapers7 Goats to the Slaughter8 Covering the TracksNotesBibliographyIndex |
Series Title: | Studies in Canadian military history |
Responsibility: | John Griffith Armstrong. |
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Armstrong's account and analysis adds considerably to our knowledge not only of the explosion, but also of the influence of the media, and the concerns of Ottawa. Having spent years in the latter as an official historian, the author has had first-hand knowledge of how covers-up work. -- Robin Highman * American Review of Canadian Studies, Winter 2005 * While the disaster has been subject of several popular histories, until now, the event has not been given the detailed scholarly study required to sweep away myth and provide an accurate account of what took place. John Griffith Armstrong has undertaken the first such academic work, and it is a very good study indeed. Armstrong's focus is the role of the Royal Canadian and Royal navies in the events leading up to the explosion, its aftermath, and the investigations that followed. By shifting the attention of the reader away from the calamity that befell the city, Armstrong has provided a remarkable fresh look into the explosion. -- David Zimmermann, University of Victoria * International Journal, Summer 2005 * Read more...

