Description
Victory Without Peace concentrates on the U.S. Navy in European and NearEastern waters during the post-World War I era. As participants in theVersailles peace negotiations, the Navy was charged with executing the navalterms of the Armistice as well as preserving stability and peace. U.S. warshipswere deploying into the Near East, Baltic, Adriatic, and Northern Europe, whilesimultaneously withdrawing its demobilized forces from European waters. Thissignifies the first time the U.S. Navy contributed to peacetime efforts, setting aprecedent continues today.
Conversely, Congressional appropriations handicapped this deployment bydemobilization, general naval policy and postwar personnel, and operatingfunds reductions. Though reluctant to allocate postwar assets into seeminglyunimportant European and Near Eastern waters, the Navy was pressured by theState Department and the American Relief Administration's leader, HerbertHoover, to deploy necessary forces. Most of these were withdrawn by 1924 andthe European Station assumed the traditional policy of showing the flag.
About the Author
William N. Still served in the U.S Navy and was director of the maritime studiesprogram at East Carolina University, USA. He has published several naval historybooks, including the award winning Crisis at Sea: The United States in EuropeanWaters in World War One. He also served as the Secretary of the Navy's scholarin naval history at the Naval History and Heritage Command. He is now retired.
Book Information
ISBN 9781682470145
Author William N. Still Jr
Format Hardback
Page Count 392
Imprint Naval Institute Press
Publisher Naval Institute Press
Weight(grams) 992g
Dimensions(mm) 254mm * 180mm * 33mm
Conversely, Congressional appropriations handicapped this deployment bydemobilization, general naval policy and postwar personnel, and operatingfunds reductions. Though reluctant to allocate postwar assets into seeminglyunimportant European and Near Eastern waters, the Navy was pressured by theState Department and the American Relief Administration's leader, HerbertHoover, to deploy necessary forces. Most of these were withdrawn by 1924 andthe European Station assumed the traditional policy of showing the flag.
About the Author
William N. Still served in the U.S Navy and was director of the maritime studiesprogram at East Carolina University, USA. He has published several naval historybooks, including the award winning Crisis at Sea: The United States in EuropeanWaters in World War One. He also served as the Secretary of the Navy's scholarin naval history at the Naval History and Heritage Command. He is now retired.
Book Information
ISBN 9781682470145
Author William N. Still Jr
Format Hardback
Page Count 392
Imprint Naval Institute Press
Publisher Naval Institute Press
Weight(grams) 992g
Dimensions(mm) 254mm * 180mm * 33mm
