The Victory at Sea

by William Sowden Sims, Burton Jesse Hendrick, Burton Jesse Hendrick

Book Overview

Winner of the 1921 Pulitzer Prize in History. Wartime commander, tactical innovator, military educator, iconoclastic troublemaker, Pulitzer Prize winner-those categories have only come together in a single military leader in American history. They all accurately describe Admiral William S. Sims (1858-1936), Commander of U.S. Naval Forces in European Waters during World War I. Sims spent nearly an entire career rocking the boat and challenging the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1682471993
• ISBN13: 9781682471999
• Release Date: November 2016
• Publisher: US Naval Institute Press
• Length: 488 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 5.3" x 8.2"