Victory Without Peace by William N Still
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 Most of these were withdrawn by 1924 andthe European Station assumed the traditional policy of showing the flag.
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.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781682470145 |
| ISBN 10 | 1682470148 |
| Title | Victory Without Peace |
| Author | William N Still Jr |
| Series | Studies In Naval History And Sea Power Ser |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Naval Institute Press |
| Year published | 2018-11-30 |
| Number of pages | 392 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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