Most of the contributors to this volume have served in Canada’s Naval Reserve, and all are respected authorities in their fields. Whether read on its own, or as the intended companion to The Naval Service of Canada, 1910-2010: The Centennial Story, readers will find much to delight and inform in this lavish combination of text, photos, and illustrations of the people, ships, and aircraft that have formed a proud national institution.
Richard Gimblett is command historian of the Canadian Navy and past president of the Canadian Nautical Research Society. A former serving officer, he is a contributor to volume 1 of the official history of the Royal Canadian Navy (1867-1939), and edited and contributed to The Naval Service of Canada, 1910-2010: The Centennial Story. He lives in Ottawa.
Michael Hadley is professor emeritus of German, a member of the editorial board of the Canadian Nautical Research Society, and a former long-serving officer in the Naval Reserve. His works include U-Boats Against Canada, Tin-Pots and Pirate Ships (with Roger Sarty), and Count Not the Dead: The Popular Image of the German Submarine. He edited and contributed to A Nation's Navy: In Quest of Canadian Naval Identity. He lives in Victoria, British Columbia.