LEADER 02561nam 2200553Ia 450 001 9910818400903321 005 20240515185258.0 010 $a1-283-25917-6 010 $a9786613259172 010 $a1-61200-048-7 035 $a(CKB)2550000000051054 035 $a(StDuBDS)AH24486830 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000645428 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12219328 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000645428 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10681761 035 $a(PQKB)10895368 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3007402 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3007402 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10491631 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL325917 035 $a(OCoLC)923616841 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000051054 100 $a19910703d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe day the world was shocked $ethe Lusitania disaster and its influence on the course of World War I /$fJohn Protasio 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aPhiladelphia $cCASEMATE$dc2011 215 $a1 online resource (239 p., [8] p. of plates ) $ccol. ill 300 $aFormerly CIP.$5Uk 311 $a1-935149-45-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aIntro -- Front Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Foreword -- Chapter 1: ". . . Do So at Their Own Risk" -- Chapter 2: Rivalry on the Atlantic -- Chapter 3: The Luxury Liner / Auxiliary Cruiser -- Chapter 4: The Great Naval Race -- Chapter 5: Armageddon -- Chapter 6: A "Lauriat Crossing" -- Chapter 7: Old Head of Kinsale -- Chapter 8: Eighteen Lethal Minutes -- Chapter 9: The Struggle in the Water -- Chapter 10: The World Reacts -- Chapter 11: The Formal Hearings -- Chapter 12: Charges and Counter-Charges -- Chapter 13: Strict Accountability -- Chapter 14: Toward War -- Chapter 15: Afterward -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Selected Sources. 330 8 $aBy far the most controversial sinking during the First World War was that of the Lusitania. As opposed to the 'natural' loss of her sister Titanic several years earlier, the destruction of the passenger-liner Lusitania came at the hands of a German U-boat. This text looks at this emotionally charged sinking. 606 $aWorld War, 1914-1918 615 0$aWorld War, 1914-1918. 676 $a940.4514 700 $aProtasio$b John$01699193 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910818400903321 996 $aThe day the world was shocked$94081254 997 $aUNINA