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The Victory at Sea
Burton Jesse Hendrick, William Sowden Sims
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The Victory at Sea
Burton Jesse Hendrick, William Sowden Sims
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Discovery Miles 7 230
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The Great war .. (Hardcover)
French Ensor Chadwick, Edwin Wiley, William Sowden Sims
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Discovery Miles 11 460
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This Is A New Release Of The Original 1921 Edition.
This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the
classic, timeless works that have stood the test of time and offer
them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so
that everyone can enjoy them.
1921. One of the great reformers in naval gunfire and employment of
destroyer ships; Commander of U.S. Naval Forces in European waters
during World War I, Sims adopted the use of naval convoys and
promoted the construction of destroyers to counter Germany's use of
unrestricted submarine warfare. He served as President of the Naval
War College in 1917 and from 1919 to 1922. Victory at Sea, his book
on Anglo-American naval cooperation in the war at sea during World
War I, won the Pulitzer Prize in history in 1920. Contents: When
Germany was Winning the War; The Return of the Mayflower; The
Adoption of the Convoy; American Destroyers in Action; Decoying
Submarines to Destruction; American College Boys and Subchasers;
The London Flagship; Submarine Against Submarine; The American Mine
Barrage in the North Sea; German Submarines Visit the American
Coast; Fighting Submarines from the Air; The Navy Fighting on the
Land; and Transporting Two Million American Soldiers to France.
Also Authored By Carl Theodore Vogelgesang And George Ralph
Marvell.
1921. One of the great reformers in naval gunfire and employment of
destroyer ships; Commander of U.S. Naval Forces in European waters
during World War I, Sims adopted the use of naval convoys and
promoted the construction of destroyers to counter Germany's use of
unrestricted submarine warfare. He served as President of the Naval
War College in 1917 and from 1919 to 1922. Victory at Sea, his book
on Anglo-American naval cooperation in the war at sea during World
War I, won the Pulitzer Prize in history in 1920. Contents: When
Germany was Winning the War; The Return of the Mayflower; The
Adoption of the Convoy; American Destroyers in Action; Decoying
Submarines to Destruction; American College Boys and Subchasers;
The London Flagship; Submarine Against Submarine; The American Mine
Barrage in the North Sea; German Submarines Visit the American
Coast; Fighting Submarines from the Air; The Navy Fighting on the
Land; and Transporting Two Million American Soldiers to France.
Also Authored By Carl Theodore Vogelgesang And George Ralph
Marvell.
1921. One of the great reformers in naval gunfire and employment of
destroyer ships; Commander of U.S. Naval Forces in European waters
during World War I, Sims adopted the use of naval convoys and
promoted the construction of destroyers to counter Germany's use of
unrestricted submarine warfare. He served as President of the Naval
War College in 1917 and from 1919 to 1922. Victory at Sea, his book
on Anglo-American naval cooperation in the war at sea during World
War I, won the Pulitzer Prize in history in 1920. Contents: When
Germany was Winning the War; The Return of the Mayflower; The
Adoption of the Convoy; American Destroyers in Action; Decoying
Submarines to Destruction; American College Boys and Subchasers;
The London Flagship; Submarine Against Submarine; The American Mine
Barrage in the North Sea; German Submarines Visit the American
Coast; Fighting Submarines from the Air; The Navy Fighting on the
Land; and Transporting Two Million American Soldiers to France.
1921. One of the great reformers in naval gunfire and employment of
destroyer ships; Commander of U.S. Naval Forces in European waters
during World War I, Sims adopted the use of naval convoys and
promoted the construction of destroyers to counter Germany's use of
unrestricted submarine warfare. He served as President of the Naval
War College in 1917 and from 1919 to 1922. Victory at Sea, his book
on Anglo-American naval cooperation in the war at sea during World
War I, won the Pulitzer Prize in history in 1920. Contents: When
Germany was Winning the War; The Return of the Mayflower; The
Adoption of the Convoy; American Destroyers in Action; Decoying
Submarines to Destruction; American College Boys and Subchasers;
The London Flagship; Submarine Against Submarine; The American Mine
Barrage in the North Sea; German Submarines Visit the American
Coast; Fighting Submarines from the Air; The Navy Fighting on the
Land; and Transporting Two Million American Soldiers to France.
In 1921 Rear Admiral William Sowden Sims won the Pulitzer prize in
history for Victory at Sea. The commander of U.S. naval forces
operating in European waters during the WWI, Sims offers an
authoritative account of the U.S. Navy's role in the war. Rear
Admiral Sims explains the significance of submarine warfare, and
its role in the defeat of Germany. The U.S. Navy's campaign was
shrouded in secrecy at the time. Admiral Sims, head of the Naval
War College when WWI broke out, was a brilliant gunnery reformer
and noted Anglophile whose service in London ideally suited him to
compose this history of the naval campaigns of the Great War. He
was placed in charge of American naval forces in Europe for the
duration of the war. Sims was born of American parents in Port
Hope, Canada, 15 October 1858. Educated at Annapolis from 1876 to
1880, he first won fame as a lieutenant on duty in China in 1902.
After being rebuffed by his superiors when he made suggestions for
improvement in gunnery practice, he is reported to have gone over
their heads and claimed directly to President Theodore Roosevelt
that American gunnery was hopelessly inaccurate. Roosevelt called
him back to become inspector of naval target practice.
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