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Halpern, Paul G. was born on January 27, 1937 in New York City. Son of Harry and Teresa (Ritter) Halpern.
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Publisher: Naval Institute Press Date of Publication: 1987 Binding: hardcover Edition: 1st Edition Condition: Near Fine/Good+ Description: 0870214489 This is a Very Solid WWI Military History hardback in Near Fine condition with a Good+ jacket. c1987. 1st Edition, presumed 1st printing. It is an attractive Blue cloth hardback. It is a solid & square book with a very bright and very clean cover. The edges and corners are all very good, with a slight bottom spine end wrinkle. The pages are Very tight, bright & unmarked. No names. No highlighting. No black remainder marks. The jacket, with price, is also very bright & very clean with a little back cover wear and a little top edge wrinkle, otherwise nice edges. Heavy Book ! 631 pages
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(There have been a number of studies published on the acti...)
There have been a number of studies published on the activities of British and German navies during World War I, but little on naval action in other arenas. This book offers for the first time a balanced history of the naval war as a whole, viewed from the perspective of all participants in all major theaters. The author's earlier examination The Naval War in the Mediterranean, 1914-1918, centered on submarine activities and allied efforts to counteract this new menace. With this welcome sequel he again takes the reader beyond those World War I operations staged on the North Sea. Halpern's clear and authoritative voice lends a cohesiveness to this encompassing view of the Italians and Austrians in the Adriatic; the Russians, Germans, and Turks in the Baltic and Black Seas; and French and British in the Mediterranean. Important riverine engagements--notably on the Danube--also are included, along with major colonial campaigns such as Mesopotamia and the Dardanelles. The role of neutral sea powers, such as the Swedes in the Baltic and the Dutch in the East Indies, is examined from the perspective of how their neutrality affected naval activity. Also discussed is the part played by the U.S. Navy and the often overlooked, but far from negligible, role of the Japanese navy. The latter is viewed in the context of the opening months of the war and in the Mediterranean during the height of the submarine crisis of 1917.
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( Called by some a "Mediterranean Jutland," the Battle of...)
Called by some a "Mediterranean Jutland," the Battle of the Otranto Straits involved warships from Austria, Germany, Italy, Britain, and France. Although fought by light units with no dreadnoughts involved, Otranto was a battle in three dimensions―engaging surface vessels, aircraft, and subsurface weapons (both submarines and mines). An attempt to halt the movement of submarines into the Adriatic using British drifters armed with nets and mines led to a raid by Austrian light cruisers. The Austrians inflicted heavy damage on the drifters, but Allied naval forces based at Brindisi cut off their withdrawal. The daylight hours saw a running battle, with the Austrians at considerable risk. Heavier Austrian units put out from Cattaro in support, and at the climactic moment the Allied light forces had to turn away, permitting the Austrians to escape. In the end, the Austrians had inflicted more damage than they suffered themselves. The Otranto action shows the difficulties of waging coalition warfare in which diplomatic and national jealousies override military efficiency.
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( This volume, originally published in 1987, fills a gap ...)
This volume, originally published in 1987, fills a gap in a neglected area. Looking at the entire war in the Mediterrean, the volume examines the war from the viewpoint of all the important participants, making full use of archives and manuscript collections in Britain, France, Italy, Germany, Austria and the United States. A fascinating mosaic of campaigns emerges in the Adriatic, Straits of Otranto and the Eastern Aegean. The German assistance to the tribes of Libya, the threat that Germany would get her hands on the Russian Black Sea Fleet and use it in the Mediterreanean, and the appearance and influence of the Americans in 1918 all took place against a background of rivalry between the Allies which frustrated the appointment of Jellicoe in 1918 as supreme command at sea in a role similar to that of Foch on land.
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( During the early part of the twentieth century all the...)
During the early part of the twentieth century all the Mediterranean powers were transforming or at least expanding their navies from mere coastal defense forces to modern war machines, thus adding to a highly unstable political situation. The naval challenge of the Triple Alliance to Britain and especially to France was a serious one. Indeed, this study demonstrates that the Mediterranean situation had great influence on the plans and estimates of the British Admiralty. Paul G. Halpern has uncovered new material in London, Paris, Rome, and Vienna that helps to explain the plans and dispositions of Entente and Triple Alliance forces at the outbreak of the war.
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Halpern, Paul G. was born on January 27, 1937 in New York City. Son of Harry and Teresa (Ritter) Halpern.
Bachelor with honors, University of Virginia, 1958; Master of Arts, Harvard University, 1961; Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1966.
Instructor, Florida State University, Tallahassee, 1965-1966; assistant professor, Florida State University, 1966-1970; associate professor, Florida State University, 1970-1974; professor department history, since 1974. Visiting professor strategy department Naval War College, Newport, Rhode Island, 1986-1987.
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Member Naval Aviation Museum Foundation, Pensacola, Florida, Naval War College Foundation, Newport, Rhode Island 1st lieutenant United States Army, 1958-1960. Fellow Royal History Society. Member American History Association, The Navy Records Society (council 1968-1972, 82-86), Naval Review, United States Naval Institute, Royal United Services Institute Defense Studies, Friends of Imperial War Museum, Naval History Foundation, Society for Military History, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Eta Sigma.