The Naval Service of Canada, Its Official History: Volume 1 -- Origins and Early Years
by Tucker, Gilbert Norman
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Ottawa: King's Printer, 1952. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. The interior of the book is crisp and clean, with no marks or wear. The blue covers are fresh, with just a bit of wear at tips and corners. The dust jacket is not price-clipped, and shows moderate chipping and several tears, as well as fading to the red lettering and decoration on the spine. The jacket is now in a protective mylar cover. Contents: -- 1. Canada and the sea. -- 2. Naval defence, 1763-1870. -- 3. The Imperial defence question, 1870-1902. -- 4. The German naval threat. -- 5. Decentralization of responsibility. -- 6. The Naval Service Act. -- 7. Implementing the Naval Service Act. -- 8. A new government and a new policy. -- 9. The new policy miscarries. -- 10. War declared: shore activities. -- 11. Operational activities on the east coast. -- 12. H.M.C.S. Rainbow. -- 13. Canada's first submarines. -- 14. Postwar policy to 1922. -- 15. Hope for collective security, 1922-1933. -- 16. The road to war, 1933-1939.
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- Bookseller
- Granny Goose Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006561
- Title
- The Naval Service of Canada, Its Official History: Volume 1 -- Origins and Early Years
- Author
- Tucker, Gilbert Norman
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- King's Printer
- Place of Publication
- Ottawa
- Date Published
- 1952
- Keywords
- Canadian Navy, World War I, Naval Service of Canada
- Bookseller catalogs
- Canadiana; World War I;
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