Scapegoat
Subtitle: the extraordinary legal proceedings following the 1917 Halifax Explosion, 100th Anniversary Edition
Publisher: originally published by SVP Productions © 2012, licensed to New World Publishing © 2014, Second Edition  2016
Published: 2012 (self-published), 2014 & 2016 - 2nd ed.  (New World Publishing)
Place of publication: Halifax, Nova Scotia
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 504
ISBN-13: 9780968492093; 9781895814620
Description: Added photographs, two new sections, clarification and errata page, map updates, new material.
Winner of the 2016 John Lyman Book Award in the category "Canadian Naval and Maritime History."
Table of contents: title: Clarification and Errata ix; title: Acknowledgments xi; title: “Scapegoat” Definition / Epigraph  xii; title: Timeline of Events  xiii; title: Preface 1; title: Introduction 11; title: Chapter 1 - Convergence	16; title: The Morning of the Explosion; title: Chapter 2 - “Right to the Channel” 27; title: Chapter 3 - “There is Going to be a Collision” 42; title: Chapter 4 - “Nothing but Fire” 54; title: Chapter 5 - “A Serious Disturbance” 69; title: The Wreck Commissioner’s Inquiry &; title: Subsequent Judicial Proceedings; title: Chapter 6 - Setting Legal Parameters 81; title: Chapter 7 - Let the Games Begin 88; title: Chapter 8 - Lost In Translations 102; title: Chapter 9 - Rules, Telegrams and Memos	 114; title: Chapter 10 - The “Dead Letter” Effect 132; title: Chapter 11 - The Making of a Scapegoat 159; title: Chapter 12 - Path to Predetermination 184; title: Chapter 13 - A Futile Exercise 202; title: Chapter 14 - Voice of Reason 223; title: Chapter 15 - Of Decisions, Wrongs and Remedies 235; title: Chapter 16 - “Civium Ardor Prava Jubentium” 256; title: Chapter 17 - Guardian of the Gate 278; title: Epilogue/Comments and Conclusions 290; title: Appendix; title: Note of Protest, S. S. Mont Blanc 309; title: Written Testimony from HMS Highflyer Officers 311; title: Compendium of Military Personnel and Civilians 313; title: Elements of the Halifax Explosion 341; title: Catalogue of Writs and Documents, R v. Mackey and Le Médec 351; title: List of Inquiry Witnesses and Dates of Sessions 353; title: Ships of the 1917 Halifax Explosion 355; title: The Royal Naval College of Canada 367; title: Notes 375; title: Bibliography 423; title: Photographs and Illustrations 425; title: From Collision to Explosion 432; title: Index 433