RCN in Retrospect, 1910-1968
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9780774843461
- Publish Date
- Nov 2011
- List Price
- $34.95
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9780774801522
- Publish Date
- Jan 1982
- List Price
- $27.95
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780774801966
- Publish Date
- Jan 1982
- List Price
- $27.95
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Description
This tribute to a proud service surveys the history of the Royal Canadian Navy from its inception in 1910 to its demise in 1968. Although established as a declaration of Canada's independence from the imperial fleet, the RCN was the child of the Royal Navy. Its first ships were RN cast-offs, and for the next forty years officers trained in the British fleet -- their 'big ship time.' From these modest beginnings, the book deals with such related issues as the problem of imperial defense, the development of a naval service with a Canadian identity, and the evolution of a Canadian naval engineering capacity.
About the author
Contributor Notes
James A. Boutilier is an associate professor of history at Royal Roads Military College.
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