Or that if the United States had not entered the war, Britain’s admiralty predicted defeat within six months. Or that sea battles occurred in the Pacific, where Germany dealt England the worst defeat since the American War of 1812. suppliers to England - which may come as a surprise for many readers. Perhaps we don’t know, as Larson reports matter-of-factly, that the Lusitania was carrying munitions from U.S. We may recall WW I’s miles of trenches in a stalemated western front in Europe. Even Larson admits in a note to readers that “I thought I knew everything there was to know” about it.īut, as Larson reveals, the story of the Lusitania and its place in history is far different than taught in history books. Erik Larson’s “Dead Wake” is sure to be an eye-opener on this 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Lusitania for people who think they know American history in the days before World War I.
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