Narrative account of U.S. and Japanese sub campaigns during World War II, from Pearl Harbor to Japan's defeat.

Summary: Mountie Keel tries to civilize tomboy Blyth, but falls in love with her instead. Adventurer Lamas completes the triangle.

Friesen links the media studies of Harold Innis to the social history of recent decades. The result is a framework for Canadian history as told by ordinary people.