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Sovereignty at sea : U.S. merchant ships and American entry into World War I / Rodney Carlisle ; foreword by James C. Bradford and Gene Allen Smith.
LIBRA D619 .C29 2009
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Carlisle, Rodney P.
- Series:
- New perspectives on maritime history and nautical archaeology
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- World War, 1914-1918--United States.
- World War, 1914-1918.
- Merchant marine--United States--History--20th century.
- Merchant marine.
- United States.
- History.
- World War, 1914-1918--Naval operations--Submarine.
- Sea control.
- World War, 1914-1918--Naval operations, German.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 232 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2009]
- Contents:
- 1 The Voyage of the Vigilancia 9
- 2 From Falaba to Sussex 16
- 3 The Flag under Fire: From Frye to Pass of Balmaha 31
- 4 The Flag under Fire: From Leelanaw to Chemung 48
- 5 Meetings at Pless Castle and on Pennsylvania Avenue 63
- 6 Housatonk and Lyman M. Law 75
- 7 A Telegram, Algonquin, and an Abdication 91
- 8 The Tipping-Point Ships: Vigilancia, City of Memphis, Illinois 106
- 9 The Agony of Woodrow Wilson 122
- 10 Aztec, Missourian, Marguerite, and Congress 141.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780813034201
- 0813034205
- OCLC:
- 316826733
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