Victory Without Peace concentrates on the U.S. Navy in European and
Near Eastern waters during the post-World War I era. As participants
in the Versailles peace negotiations, the Navy was charged with
executing the naval terms of the Armistice as well as preserving
stability and peace. U.S. warships were deploying into the Near East,
Baltic, Adriatic, and Northern Europe, while simultaneously
withdrawing its demobilized forces from European waters. This
signifies the first time the U.S. Navy contributed to peacetime
efforts, setting a precedent continues today. Conversely,
Congressional appropriations handicapped this deployment by
demobilization, general naval policy and postwar personnel, and
operating funds reductions. Though reluctant to allocate postwar
assets into seemingly unimportant European and Near Eastern waters,
the Navy was pressured by the State Department and the American Relief
Administration's leader, Herbert Hoover, to deploy necessary forces.
Most of these were withdrawn by 1924 and the European Station assumed
the traditional policy of showing the flag.
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ISBN
9781682470152
Publisert
2018
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Naval Institute Press
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Engelsk
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Digital bok
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