Churchill, Borden and Anglo-Canadian Naval Relations, 1911-14 [electronic resource] /
Thornton, Martin.author.
In 1911, Winston S. Churchill and Robert L. Borden became companions in an attempt to provide naval security for the British Empire as a naval crisis loomed with Germany. Their scheme for Canada to provide battleships for the Royal Navy as part of an Imperial squadron was rejected by the Senate with great implications for the future.
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Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Tables; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Anglo-Canadian Imperial Relations in the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries; 2 The Rise to Eminence of Winston S. Churchill and Robert L. Borden; 3 Winston S. Churchill Fears the Worst; 4 Robert L. Borden, Canadian Naval Issues and His Visit to Great Britain of 1912; 5 Policy Developments and the Two Memoranda of 1912; 6 The Naval Aid Bill and the Canadian House of Commons: The Long Debate Begins; 7 The Naval Aid Bill Reaches Closure in the House of Commons; 8 Rejection by the Canadian Senate, 1913
9 Aftermath: Canada, Great Britain and Developments in International Affairs, 1913-14Appendices; Appendix A.1 Admiralty's Secret Memorandum; Appendix A.2 Naval Aid Bill, 1912-13; Appendix A.3 Admiralty Memorandum put before the Canadian House of Commons, 5 December 1912; Appendix A.4 The World's Dreadnoughts - October 1912; Appendix A.5 Situation of Naval Powers in March 1913, in Ships Built, Building and Projected; Appendix A.6 Votes in the House of Commons on the Third Reading of the Naval Aid Bill; Appendix A.7 Vote in the Senate on an Amendment to the Naval Aid Bill, 29 May 1913; Notes
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In 1911, Winston S. Churchill and Robert L. Borden became companions in an attempt to provide naval security for the British Empire as a naval crisis loomed with Germany. Their scheme for Canada to provide battleships for the Royal Navy as part of an Imperial squadron was rejected by the Senate with great implications for the future.
Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965.
Borden, Robert Laird, Sir, 1854-1937.
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