Author: LAYARD, A.F.C.; WHITBY, MICHAEL - EDITOR
Title: Commanding Canadians: The Second World War Diaries of A.F. C. Layard
Description: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada: UBC Press, 2005. First Edition. Paperback. ISBN: 0774811943. 383 pages. Index. Selected bibliography. Footnotes. Black and white photographic plates. "Commander Layard wrote almost daily in his diary, in bold, neat script, from the time he entered the Royal Navy as a cadet in 1913 until his retirement in 1947. The pivotal 1943-45 years of this edited volume offer an extraordinarily full and honest chronicle, revealing Layard's preoccupations, both with the daily details and with the strain and responsibility of wartime command at sea." - from back cover. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Tight and square. A pleasing copy.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Commanding Canadians: The Second World War Diaries of A.F.C. Layard World War 1939-1945 Naval Operations Royal Canadian Navy Anti-Submarine Personal Narratives Canadian Navy WWII Biography. Very Good .

Keywords: 0774811943 : .F. . Nautical Military