America's sailors in the Great War : seas, skies, and submarines / Lisle A. Rose.
| Author/creator | Rose, Lisle A., 1936- author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Columbia : University of Missouri Press, [2017] |
| Copyright Date | ©2017 |
| Description | xi, 328 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | The American military experience American military experience series. ^A1092581 |
| Contents | Introduction -- State of play -- Beat to quarters -- Aloft -- "Drab efficiency" : the making of the convoy system -- Sending the hunters -- Battleship boys -- Keeping the seas -- Chasers -- Barrages, batteries, bombers and battleships -- A navy second to none. |
| Abstract | "The First World War demanded of the American Navy radically different solutions, skills and thinking. The US fleet of big ships designed to fight other big ships in classic line-of-battle formation entered an unprecedented global conflict with no answer to a German innovation--the U-boat. The navy's few primitive ocean-going submarines and an entirely new type of small warship, aptly named the subchaser, helped secure an eventual victory over the U-boat. A comprehensive convoy system quickly became a critical element in the maritime conflict demanding the escort service of nearly every destroyer in the American fleet and the outstanding seamanship that went with it." --From jacket. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-311) and index. |
| Genre/form | History. |
| ISBN | 082622105X |
| ISBN | 9780826221056 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Joyner | General Stacks | D589 .U6 R57 2017 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |