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The U. S. Navy at War: Personal Accounts of 15 American Seamen, Women & Marines During the First World War

The U. S. Navy at War: Personal Accounts of 15 American Seamen, Women & Marines During the First World War

Sterne, Elaine

Hardcover

Naval HistoryWorld War I

ISBN10: 1782820922
ISBN13: 9781782820925
Publisher: Leonaur Ltd
Published: Mar 21 2013
Pages: 120
Weight: 0.64
Height: 0.44 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
The First World War at sea by Americans who fought in it

It's easy to understand why this book was originally published under the jingoistic title of 'Over the Seas for Uncle Sam'-perhaps edited by rather than 'written' by Elaine Sterne-for when it was written the subject was nothing less than reportage. The passage of time provides new perspectives on works such as this, and for that reason we have changed the title to alert readers to the unique nature of the content. Sterne's book contains fifteen first hand accounts by those serving in the United States Navy in the first American conflict of the modern age on a global stage. The United States entry into the First World War in April, 1917, (particularly in terms of it's immediately engaged naval contribution) was pivotal, if not essential. The Allied war effort was being strangled for want of materials as a result of the German U-Boat successes against merchant shipping, especially in the Atlantic Ocean. These accounts by serving men and women in the U. S Navy-including contributions by marines-are mainly from the enlisted ranks, with a few from officers. They are told in 'their own words, ' and enable the modern student of the period to read of the experiences of those service men and women whose voices-in the absence of a work such as this-would have been forever lost to posterity.

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