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Crisis at sea : the United States Navy in European waters in World War I / William N. Still, Jr. ; foreword by James C. Bradford and Gene A. Smith

Author
Still, William N., Jr. (William Norwood), 1932-
Published
Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2006]
Copyright Date
©2006
Physical Description
1 online resource (xviii, 741 pages) : illustrations, maps
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Contents
Cover; Table of Contents ix; List of Illustrations xi; Foreword xiii; Preface and Acknowledgments xv; Introduction xix; 1 Reveille in Washington 1; 2 Simsadus 21; 3 Sims and His Commanders 46; 4 "Pull Together" 69; 5 A Little Bit of America: U.S. Naval Facilities in Great Britain 91; 6 U.S. Naval Facilities in France, the Mediterranean,and the Azores 110; 7 The Train 140; 8 "For Want of a Nail" 167; 9 The "Gobs" Are Coming: Personnel 191; 10 For the Boys: Welfare 248; 11 Innocents Abroad 280; 12 Warships and Weapons 307; 13 Return of the Mayflower: The Introduction of Convoying 332 and 14 Lafayette, We Are Here!: Convoys 35715 Escorts 379; 16 Comrades of the Mist: The North Sea 408; 17 "The Pills of Perdition": The North Sea Mine Barrage 427; 18 "Hunting the Huns" 444; 19 The Mediterranean 478; 20 The Eleventh Hour of the Eleventh Day of the Eleventh Month: The Armistice 505; Notes 519; Abbreviations 669; Bibliography 671; Index 723
Summary
The first comprehensive history of the United States Navy in European waters during World War I.
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ISBN
9780813040066 (electronic bk.)
081304006X (electronic bk.)
0813029872
9780813029870
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 671-721) and index.
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