A Nation's Navy

Part 1 Soundings: The historiography of the Canadian navy: the state of the art, Marc Milner; The popular image of the Canadian navy, Michael L. Hadley. Part 2 The navy as an instrument of national policy: The RCN: Royal Colonial or Royal Canadian Navy? William Glover; The roots of the Royal Canadian Navy: sovereignty versus nationalism, 1812-1920, Graeme R. Tweedie; The rise of proto-nationalism: Sir Wilfrid Laurier and the founding of the naval service of Canada, 1902-1910, Siobhan J. McNaught; Sailors and soldiers: the Royal Navy, the Canadian forces, and the defence of Atlantic Canada, 1890-1918, Barry Gough, Roger Sarty; Fleet replacement and the crisis of identity, Michael A. Hennessy. Part 3 The navy as a fighting service: A minute Bletchley park: building a Canadian naval operational intelligence centre, 1939-1943, Catherine E. Allan; Muddling through: Canadian anti-submarine doctrine and practice, 1942-1945, Dough M. McLean; MIF or MNF? the dilemmas of the "lesser" navies in the Gulf War coalition, Richard H. Gimblett; "A good, workable little fleet": Canadian naval policy, 1945-1950, Jan Drent; Sailors, admirals, and politicians: the search for identity after the war, Peter T. Haydon. Part 4 The navy and Canadian society: A nursery of fighting seamen? the Newfoundland Royal Naval Reserve, 1901-1920, Bernard Ransom; The social background of the wartime navy: some statistical data David Zimmerman; The Wrens of the Second World War: their place in the history of Canadian servicewomen, Barbara Winters; A Canadian departure: the evolution of HMCS Royal Roads, 1942-1948, William A. March; HMCS Ottawa III: the navy's first French-language unit, 1969-1973, Serge Bernier. Part 4 Perspectives and policies for a new century: Strangers in their own seas? a comparison of the Australian and Canadian naval experience, 1910-1982, James Goldrick; Maritime command, national missions, and naval identity, James D. Kiras; Points of departure: towards the next forty years, Peter W. Cairns