When the U.S. entered World War I in April 1917, America's sailors were immediately forced to engage in the utterly new realm of anti-submarine warfare waged on, below and above the seas by a variety of small ships and the new technology of airpower. The U.S. Navy substantially contributed to the safe trans-Atlantic passage of a two million man Army that decisively turned the tide of battle on the Western Front even as its battleship division helped the Royal Navy dominate the North Sea. Thoroughly professionalized, the Navy of 1917-18 laid the foundations for victory at sea twenty-five years later.

About the Author
Lisle A. Rose holds a Ph.D. in American history from the University of California, Berkeley, and is the author of thirteen books, including six published by the University of Missouri Press. He has worked as a sailor, a professor, a diplomat, and a court-appointed special advocate for at-risk children. He lives in Edmonds, Washington.

Reviews
In recounting the U.S. Navy's roles in World War I, Rose makes clear that the Americans were an important component to the ultimate victory, and that the experience laid the keel for the great Navy that would fight and win the next war where the stakes were even higher. Truly a vicariously edifying experience!"-Thomas J. Cutler, U.S. Naval Institute, U.S. Naval War College, author of A Sailor's History of the U.S. Navy.



Book Information
ISBN 9780826221056
Author Lisle A. Rose
Format Hardback
Page Count 300
Imprint University of Missouri Press
Publisher University of Missouri Press
Weight(grams) 680g