Publisher's Synopsis
One of the great untold Canadian military stories revolves around the eastern seaport of Sydney, Nova Scotia. This book offers a vivid and long-overdue account of Sydney harbour's role, and the importance of its coal deposits, in North Atlantic strategy and military operations from the Anglo-French wars in the 19th century to the end of the Cold War in the 1990s.;More than two centuries of activity in and around Sydney harbour came to a head during the world wars, when Sydney became a major convoy port in the merchant-ship lifeline that sustained Britain with supplies from North America. A bastion for the air and naval forces that pursued German submarines in the waters off the coast of Canada, Sydney was also a major industrial trial centre that produced enormous quantities of critically important coal and steel. Exploring the role of army, navy, airforce and merchant marine, Tennyson and Sarty offer richly detailed information on garrisons, fortifications, base development and maritime warfare.;Set against the context of national and alliance policy-making in London, Ottawa and Washington, the story moves deftly between the larger and smaller pictures, making this a work of both colourful immediacy and broad interpretation.
