The Halifax Explosion of 1917 is a defining event in the Canadian consciousness, yet it has never been the subject of a sustained analytical history. Astonishingly, until now no one has consulted the large federal government archives that contain first-hand accounts of the disaster and the response of national authorities. Canada?s recently established navy was at the epicentre of the crisis. Armstrong reveals the navy?s compelling, and little-known, story by carefully retracing the events preceding the disaster and the role of the military in its aftermath. He catches the pulse of disaster response in official Ottawa and provides a compelling analysis of the legal manoeuvres, rhetoric, blunders, public controversy, and crisis management that ensued. His disturbing conclusion is that federal officials knew of potential dangers in the harbour before the explosion, took no corrective action, and kept the information from the public.
Authors
- Bibliography, etc. Note
- Includes bibliographical references: p. 237-238
- Control Number Identifier
- CaOOCEL
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 971.6/22503
- General Note
- Includes index Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
- Geographic Area Code
- n-cn-ns
- ISBN
- 9780774850209
- LCCN
- F1039.5.H17
- LCCN Item number
- A76 2002eb
- Modifying agency
- CaBNVSL
- Original cataloging agency
- CaBVAU
- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (x, 248 p.)
- Published in
- Canada
- Publisher or Distributor Number
- CaOOCEL
- Rights
- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
- System Control Number
- (CaBNVSL)jme00324070 (OCoLC)70752143 (CaOOCEL)404227
- System Details Note
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- Transcribing agency
- CaBVAU
Table of Contents
- Contents 6
- Illustrations 7
- Foreword 8
- Acknowledgments 10
- Introduction: Through Sailors’ Eyes 12
- 1 The RCN in Halifax – December 1917 18
- 2 Towards the Unthinkable 34
- 3 Halifax Tide 50
- 4 Through the Grim Day 62
- 5 Reaction and Recovery 91
- 6 Of Sailors, Lawyers, Goats, and Newspapers 121
- 7 Goats to the Slaughter 149
- 8 Covering the Tracks 195
- Notes 220
- Bibliography 246
- Index 248
- A 248
- B 248
- C 249
- D 250
- E 250
- F 251
- G 251
- H 251
- I 252
- J 253
- K 253
- L 253
- M 253
- N 254
- O 255
- P 255
- Q 255
- R 255
- S 256
- T 256
- U 257
- V 257
- W 257
- Y 257
- Z 257
