Chapter 10 The “St Laurent” Decision: Genesis of a Canadian Fleet

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Abbreviations vii
4. Introduction: The Canadian Navy in the Modern World 3
5. Naval Mastery: The Canadian Context 15
6. Strategy and Maritime Law: “Free Seas” and the Canadian Navy 34
7. Historical Strategy and Its Uses in Large and Small Navies 49
8. Marcom Education: Is it a Break with Tradition? 61
9. The End of Pax Britannica and the Origins of the Royal Canadian Navy: Shifting Strategic Demands of an Empire at Sea 90
10. Hard Luck Flotilla: The RCN’s Atlantic Coast Patrol, 1914–18 103
11. Inshore Asw in the Second World War: The U-Boat Experience 126
12. Inshore Asw: The Canadian Experience in Home Waters 143
13. Canada and the Wolf Packs, September 1943 159
14. The “St Laurent” Decision: Genesis of a Canadian Fleet 187
15. Canada and the Cold War at Sea, 1945–68 209
16. International Naval Co-Operation and Admiral Richard G. Colbert: The Intertwining of a Career with an Idea 233
17. Economic Considerations in the Development of the Canadian Navy Since 1945 254
18. Canadian Naval Responsibilities in the Arctic 280
19. Ships: Managing the Need 292
20. Canada and Maritime Defence: Past Problems, Future Challenges* 316
21. The Future of Naval Warfare 334
22. Notes 355
23. Contributors 391
24. Index 399