The day the world was shocked : the Lusitania disaster and its influence on the course of World War I

The day the world was shocked : the Lusitania disaster and its influence on the course of World War I / John Protasio.

By far the most controversial sinking during the First World War was that of the Lusitania. As opposed to the loss of the Titanic several years earlier, which could be attributed to nature, the destruction of the passenger-liner Lusitania came at the hands of a German U-boat, one of many which infes...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Protasio, John
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : CASEMATE, ©2011.
Subjects:
Lusitania (Steamship) > Disasters.
Lusitania (Steamship)
1914-1918
World War, 1914-1918.
HISTORY / Military / World War I.
Disasters
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Table of Contents:
  • Contents
  • Foreword
  • “. . . Do So At Their Own Riskâ€?
  • Rivalry on the Atlantic
  • The Luxury Liner/Auxiliary Cruiser
  • The Great Naval Race
  • Armageddon
  • A “Lauriat Crossingâ€?
  • Old Head of Kinsale
  • Eighteen Lethal Minutes
  • The Struggle in the Water
  • The World Reacts
  • The Formal Hearings
  • Charges And Counter-Charges
  • Strict Accountability
  • Toward War
  • Afterward
  • Acknowledgements
  • Notes
  • Selected Sources

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