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TIN-POTS AND PIRATE SHIPS: CANADIAN NAVAL FORCES AND GERMAN SEA RAIDERS 1880-1918

by Michael L. Hadley; Roger Sarty

Published by McGill-Queen's University Press. 1st. 1991

Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper. The authors 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. Red cloth boards, silver title to spine. A few b/w photos. xvi and 391 pages including index.

Boards lightly bowed. A few minor foxspots mainly to prelims and text block. Grey pictorial dustwrapper is slightly faded to spine.

ISBN: 0773507787
Stock no. 1818370

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Contents

  • Illustrations
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgements
  • PART ONE: IMPERIAL RIVALRIES 1880-1914
  • 1 Canada's Splendid Isolation
  • 2 German Designs on North America
  • 3 "Heart-breaking starvation time"
  • PART TWO: WHITHER AMERICA? 1914-1916
  • 4 Britain's Lifeline
  • 5 Canadian Intelligence and Patrols
  • 6 Three German Visitors
  • 7 The "Piracy" of U-53
  • PART THREE: UNRESTRICTED U-BOAT WARFARE 1917-1918
  • 8 Defending the Convoys
  • 9 Long Range U-Boats
  • 10 "Hun Pirate Deviltry"
  • 11 The Pirates' Triumph and Canadian Response
  • 12 Epilogue: Mad Dreams and Mothballs
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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