num_pages: 79
description: Without question or doubt the most controversial sinking during World War I is that of the Lusitania. Over 1,000 people were lost in this disaster, a number of them from the then neutral United States. Many questions in the wake of this torpedoing rage to this day. Was the liner armed? Was she carrying contraband? What was the cause of the second explosion? Was the liner deliberately allowed to be sunk in order to draw the United States into the war? Was there more than one torpedo fired at the ship? This book addresses these puzzles and many others. It traces the last voyage of the liner as her captain ignores radio warnings of a submarine, the shambles of the lowering of the lifeboats, and the horror the people aboard faced during the eighteen minutes of the sinking. Also, this book considers the diplomatic repercussions of the sinking and how it influenced America’s entry into the war, and sheds light on one of the most emotionally charged incidents of the First World War.
language: English
title: Reflections on the Lusitania: Insights into Naval, Diplomatic, and other Aspects of the Disaster
titlecomplete: Reflections on the Lusitania: Insights into Naval, Diplomatic, and other Aspects of the Disaster
ratings_count: 1
publisher: PublishAmerica