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Victory At Sea
William Sowden Sims
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Description for Victory At Sea
Paperback. Num Pages: 482 pages. BIC Classification: BM; HBWN; JWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 143 x 210 x 2. Weight in Grams: 566.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Naval Institute Press United States
Number of pages
482
Condition
New
Number of Pages
482
Place of Publication
Annopolis, United States
ISBN
9781682471999
SKU
V9781682471999
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Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-3
About William Sowden Sims
Admiral William Sowden Sims (1858-1936) commanded U.S. Naval Forces in European waters during the First World War, in which post he was influential in the establishment of the convoy system. Twice he seved as president of the Naval War College before retiring from the Navy in 1922.
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