November 21, 2008 



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Book Review Editor: Robert Blair

Reviewers: Robert Blair, David Shirlaw, Mike Potter, Jan Potter, Dr. William S Dudley, AD Baker III.

  The Devil's Brigade by Robert H Adleman  & George Walton
Good Morning Quadra! The History of HMCS Quadra by Suzanne Anderson
  From the Wheelhouse Tugboaters Tell Their Own Stories by Doreen Armitage
The Halifax Explosion and Royal Canadian Navy - Inquiry and Intrigue by John Griffith Armstrong
  Prisoners of the Home Front German POWs and Enemy Aliens in Southern Quebec 1940-46 by Martin F Auger
Fastest in the World The Saga of Canada's Revolutionary Hydrofoils by John Boileau
US Naval Aviation 1946-1999 by Martin W Bowman
War On Our Doorstep by Brendan Coyle 
Baychimo Arctic Ghost Ship by Anthony Dalton 
  No Higher Purpose The Official Operational History of the Royal Canadian Navy in the Second World War 1939-1943 Volume II Part 1 by W.A.B. Douglas, Roger Sarty, Michael Whitby et al
Operation Orca by Daniel Francis & Gil Hewlett 
Operation Apollo: The Golden Age of the Canadian Navy in the War Against Terrorism by Dr Richard Gimblett  
Through Water, Ice & Fire Schooner Nancy of the War of 1812 by Barry Gough

Letter to a Christian Nation by Sam Harris

The Good Company An Affectionate History of the Union Steamships by Tom Henry
Westcoasters Boats That Built BC by Tom Henry
Unheard, Unseen by Daniel Lloyd Little
The Ships of Canada's Naval Forces 1910-2002 Third Edition by Ken MacPherson and Ron Barrie 
The Canadian Coast Guard 1962-2002 by Charles D Maginley
  Launching History The Saga of Burrard Dry Dock by Francis Mansbridge
Royal Canadian Navy Aircraft Finish & Markings 1944-1968 by Patrick Martin 
Betrayed Scandal, Politics & Canadian Naval Leadership by Richard O Mayne
  Sink all the Shipping there by Fraser M McKee
Ships of Steel A British Columbia Shipbuilder's Story by T.A. McLaren & Vickie Jensen 
  Battle of the Atlantic by Marc Milner
  Canada's Navy The First Century by Marc Milner
The Black Pit...and Beyond by J. Gordon Mumford  
The Complete Book of US Special Operations Forces by Fred J Pushies
Weapons of the Navy SEALS by Fred J Pushies
  Dark Victory by Jeffrey Record
Patriots and Heroes True Stories of the US Merchant Marine in World War II by Gerald Reminick 
Mighty Midgets at War The Saga of the LCS (L) Ships from Iwo Jima to Vietnam by Robin L. Rielly 
  Avoiding Armageddon - Canadian Military Strategy and Nuclear Weapons 1950-63 by Andrew Richter
Skookum Tugs British Columbia's Working Tugboats by Peter Robson & Betty Keller
Raleigh on the Rocks - The Canada Shipwreck of HMS Raleigh by Richard Rohmer
Wind Over Waves II: Forecasting and Fundamentals of Applications by SJ Sajjadi & Julian CR Hunt
High Seas High Risk The Story of the Sudburys by Pat Wastell Norris
  Sea Logistics Keeping the Navy Ready Aye Ready by Cdr Mark B Watson
  Flying Under Fire Canadian Fliers Recall The Second World War by William J Wheeler
  Commanding Canadians The Second World War Diaries of AFC Layard by Michael Whitby
The Admirals: Canada's Senior Naval Leadership in the Twentieth Century by Michael Whitby, Richard H Gimblett & Peter Haydon 
Raincoast Chronicles 19 Stories & History of the British Columbia Coast by Howard White
  The Battle of the Atlantic by Andrew Williams
   
 
THE BLACK PIT...AND BEYOND
By J. Gordon Mumford
ISBN 1-894263-19-7
General Store Publishing House
Combat Loaded Across the Pacific on the USS Tate 
By Thomas E Crew. Texas A & M University Press ISBN 9781585445561. 

 

 



 

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