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100 1 $aMassie, Robert K.,$d1929-
245 10 $aCastles of steel :$bBritain, Germany, and the winning of the Great War at sea /$cRobert K. Massie.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bRandom House,$cc2003.
300 $axii, 865 p., [16] p. of plates :$bmaps, ports ;$c25 cm.
500 $aContinuation of R.K. Massie's Dreadnaughts.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [821]-829) and index.
520 $aIn a work of extraordinary narrative power, filled with brilliant personalities and vivid scenes of dramatic action, Robert K. Massie, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Peter the Great, Nicholas and Alexandra, and Dreadnought, elevates to its proper historical importance the role of sea power in the winning of the Great War. The predominant image of this first world war is of mud and trenches, barbed wire, machine guns, poison gas, and slaughter. A generation of European manhood was massacred, and a wound was inflicted on European civilization that required the remainder of the twentieth century to heal. But with all its sacrifice, trench warfare did not win the war for one side or lose it for the other. Over the course of four years, the lines on the Western Front moved scarcely at all; attempts to break through led only to the lengthening of the already unbearably long casualty lists. For the true story of military upheaval, we must look to the sea.
520 $aOn the eve of the war in August 1914, Great Britain and Germany possessed the two greatest navies the world had ever seen. When war came, these two fleets of dreadnoughts-gigantic floating castles of steel able to hurl massive shells at an enemy miles away-were ready to test their terrible power against each other. Their struggles took place in the North Sea and the Pacific, at the Falkland Islands and the Dardanelles. They reached their climax when Germany, suffocated by an implacable naval blockade, decided to strike against the British ring of steel. The result was Jutland, a titanic clash of fifty-eight dreadnoughts, each the home of a thousand men. When the German High Seas Fleet retreated, the kaiser unleashed unrestricted U-boat warfare, which, in its indiscriminate violence, brought a reluctant America into the war. In this way, the German effort to "seize the trident" by defeating the British navy led to the fall of the German empire.
520 $aUltimately, the distinguishing feature of Castles of Steel is the author himself. The knowledge, understanding, and literary power Massie brings to this story are unparalleled. His portrayals of Winston Churchill, the British admirals Fisher, Jellicoe, and Beatty, and the Germans Scheer, Hipper, and Tirpitz are stunning in their veracity and artistry. Castles of Steel is about war at sea, leadership and command, courage, genius, and folly. All these elements are given magnificent scope by Robert K. Massie's special and widely hailed literary mastery.
505 20 $gCh. 1.$tJuly 1914 --$gCh. 2.$t"Goeben Is Your Objective"' --$gCh. 3.$tJellicoe --$gCh. 4.$tFirst Days --$gCh. 5.$tBeatty --$gCh. 6.$tThe Battle of the Bight --$gCh. 7.$tSubmarines and Mines: "Fisher's Toys" --$gCh. 8.$t"Shall We Be Here in the Morning?" --$gCh. 9.$tPrince Louis Departs --$gCh. 10.$tAdmiral von Spee's Voyage --$gCh. 11.$tAdmiral Cradock's Voyage --$gCh. 12.$tThe Battle of Coronel --$gCh. 13.$t"Very Well, Luce. We'll Sail Tomorrow" --$gCh. 14.$tThe Battle of the Falkland Islands --$gCh. 15.$tFisher Returns to the Admiralty --$gCh. 16.$t"The Requirements of the Commander-in-Chief Were Hard to Meet" --$gCh. 17.$tThe Yarmouth Raid and Room 40 --$gCh. 18.$tThe Scarborough Raid: "Within Our Claws"
650 0 $aWorld War, 1914-1918$xNaval operations, German.
650 0 $aWorld War, 1914-1918$xNaval operations, British.
610 10 $aGreat Britain.$bRoyal Navy$xHistory$yWorld War, 1914-1918.
610 10 $aGermany.$bKriegsmarine$xHistory$yWorld War, 1914-1918.
700 1 $aMassie, Robert K.,$d1929-$tDreadnought.
776 08 $iOnline version:$aMassie, Robert K., 1929-$tCastles of steel.$b1st ed.$dNew York : Random House, c2003$w(OCoLC)606989001
776 08 $iOnline version:$aMassie, Robert K., 1929-$tCastles of steel.$b1st ed.$dNew York : Random House, ©2003$w(OCoLC)606989001
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