The Lusitania: Unravelling the MysteriesSheridan House, Inc., 2000 - 208 pages The sinking of the Lusitania is one of the most famous naval disasters in history. |
Contents
Acknowledgments | 1 |
GATHERING WAR CLOUDS | 19 |
3 | 39 |
A DAMNED UNENGLISH WEAPON | 59 |
6 | 83 |
THE TOWN OF THE DEAD | 97 |
8 | 113 |
9 | 129 |
THE AFTERMATH | 141 |
11 | 163 |
Archival Sources | 185 |
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