Tin-Pots and Pirate Ships : Canadian Naval Forces and German Sea Raiders 1880-1918

Hadley, Michael L.; Sarty, Roger

ISBN 10: 0773507787 / ISBN 13: 9780773507784

Edité par Montreal, PQ, Canada: McGill-Queen's University Press, 1991, Montreal, PQ, Canada, 1991

A propos de cet article

Very Good/Very Good(-). First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 391 PP plus 16 pages with 2 maps & 19 b/w photos. Cloth cover, Naval operations and politics of Canada and Germany between 1880 and 1918. Pirates, i.e.: U-boats and commercial submarines/undersea cruisers, loading Canadian strategic metals from neutral USA.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Tin-Pots and Pirate Ships : Canadian Naval Forces and German Sea Raiders 1880-1918
• Éditeur: Montreal, PQ, Canada: McGill-Queen's University Press, 1991, Montreal, PQ, Canada
• Date de parution: 1991
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0773507787
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780773507784
• Reliure: Cloth
• Édition: First Edition
• Impression: 1er tirage
• État de l'article: Very Good
• État de la jaquette: Very Good(-)
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • World War II

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Synopsis

Michael Hadley and Roger Sarty shed new light on Canadian and German history -- and on Canada's naval defences in particular -- by exploring the naval operations and politics of both nations between 1880 and 1918. Beginning with Canada's feeling of "Splendid Isolation" and Germany's imperial ambitions against North America, the authors' intriguing and graphic account takes us from the early turmoil of federal politics in Canada to the conflict of the Great War and the eventual mothballing of the Canadian fleet. Having conducted an exhaustive study of Canadian, German, American, and British sources -- many of which have not been examined before -- Hadley and Sarty evaluate such major issues as policies and practice; intelligence schemes and spy scares; naval bills and the Dreadnought crisis; U-boats, commercial submarines, undersea cruisers, and surface raiders; and coastal patrols and convoy protection. Many factors that were believed to have been responsible for shaping -- and misshaping -- the Canadian Navy of 1939-45 are shown to have been in play during the First World War. Tin-Pots and Pirate Ships reveals the Canadian tradition of building a fleet only when needed, dismantling it once the conflict is over, and ultimately accepting terms dictated by alliance partners.