Naval Lessons of the Great War; A Review of the Senate Naval Investigation of the Criticisms by Admiral Sims of the Policies and Methods of Josephus Daniels
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1921. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. 22 cm. xi, [1], 472 pages, frontis illustration. Index. Boards worn. Corners bumped. Pencil erasure on front endpaper. Foreword by Rear-Admiral Bradley A. Fiske. This book is a record of official testimony given to Congress by navy officers under oath. It shows that the principal naval lesson of the war is the menace to the national honor and safety that was involved in committing the management of its navy to unworthy hands. The United States is entering upon a period of history in which the soundness of its institutions and the strength of its people will be subjected to crucial tests. The "war that was to end war" has thrown the world into confusion. A New World is emerging with new tendencies, new forces, new problems, all of which indicate all too clearly that, in the future as in the past, war will be the ultimate test of a nation. Tracy Barrett Kittredge was born in 1891. From 1914-17 he was member and director, Educational Fund, Commission for Relief in Belgium. From 1917-19 he was on the staff of Admiral William S. Sims, United States Naval Headquarters in Europe. In 1919 he was on the staff, Supreme Economic Council, Paris Peace Conference. From 1920-31 he was on the staff, League of Red Cross Societies. From 1931-42 he was Assistant Director, Social Sciences Division, Rockefeller Foundation, European Office, Paris. From 1942-46 he was on the staff of Admiral Harold R. Stark, American Naval Headquarters, London. From 1946-54 he was the senior Naval member, Historical Section, Joint Chiefs of Staff. In 1946, he wrote U.S.-British Naval Cooperation. More