User talk:Roger Sarty

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[edit] Biography

A native of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Roger Sarty was educated at Duke University and the University of Toronto. In his graduate work he specialized in the Canadian army's role in coastal defence, 1860-1945. In 1981 he joined the Directorate of History at National Defence Headquarters, and in 1991 became Senior Historian, with responsibility for all English-language historical publications.

Dr. Sarty was a member of the RCAF and the RCN official history teams; he specialized in defence policy and anti-submarine operations in both projects. In 1998 Dr. Sarty joined the Canadian War Museum, and eventually became Deputy Director, with particular responsibility for historical research and exhibit development.

On April 11, 2005, Dr. Sarty was named Chair of the Council for Canadian Security in the 21st Century (CCS21). He replaced Dr. Jack Granatstein

Currently, Dr. Sarty is a history professor at Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. He is also the Editor-in-Chief of Canadian Military History magazine, a role he took over from the reknowned Canadian military historian, Terry Copp.

[edit] Written Works

Roger Sarty authored books such as Canada and the Battle of the Atlantic , and co-author of [[Guardian of the Gulf: Sydney, Cape Breton, and the Atlantic Wars ]], Tin-Pots and Pirate Ships: Canadian Naval Forces and German Sea Raiders 1880-1918 and [[Saint John Fortifications, 1630-1956 (New Brunswick Military Heritage Series) ]] .

He has, in conjunction with W.A.B. Douglas and Michael Whitby, completed parts one and two of Volume Two of the official history of the Royal Canadian Navy.

Roger Sarty, W.A.B. Douglas and Michael Whitby, No Higher Purpose: The Official Operational History of the Royal Canadian Navy, Vol. II part 1: 1939-1943 (Ottawa and St Catharines: Vanwell Publications and Department of National Defence, 2003). (Named the best book of 2003 by the Canadian Nautical Research Society.)

Roger Sarty, W.A.B. Douglas and Michael Whitby, A Blue Water Navy: The Official Operational History of the Royal Canadian Navy in the Second World War, 1943-1945, Vol. II, Part II (St. Catharine's, Vanwell Publishing Limited, 2007).

Dr. Sarty has commented to students and staff alike that, "My own role in the writing of the book was extremely modest, I really didn't do much. It's a corking good read. . .as long as you like subject matter that is, in fact, as dry as cork." (Regarding the Official Operational History of the RCN in the Second World War, parts one and two.) "Part two was in fact ready for the printer very soon after part one was. Bureaucratic mumbo-jumbo held up the publication process for four years while accurate translations were made into French. Official histories, of course, have to be published, rightly so, in both official languages. Trouble is, much of the documentation and military jargon was recorded in English, and there are no readily available words in the Quebecois French language that allow for such [English-language] jargon to be translated. Well, not if it's to make any sense, anyway."

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