Bøker av Greg H. Williams

Describes the Allied naval command structure for Operation Neptune and offers a comprehensive look at integrated offshore operations - how they were organised, who the sailors were and what they experienced.

After the attack on Pearl Harbor (December 7), American sailors of the Asiatic Fleet (where it was December 8) were abandoned by Washington and left to conduct a war on their own, isolated from the rest of the U.S. naval forces. Their fate in the Philippines and Dutch East Indies was often grim--many died aboard burning ships, were executed upon capture or spent years as prisoners of war. Many books have been written about the ships of the U.S. Asiatic Fleet, yet few look into the experiences of the common sailor. Drawing on official reports, past research, personal memoirs and the writings of war correspondents, the author tells the story of those who never came home in 1945.

Provides the first, complete overview of the American merchant marine during World War I: the rapid expansion of trans-Atlantic shipping; a record of shipbuilding between 1914-1918; profiles of the companies that operated ships; a record of all losses at sea from enemy action; and highlights of the experiences of mariners with U-boat commanders and crews, mines, and aircraft attacks.

Contains naval and maritime-related claims brought against the United States government from World War II. This work presents these cases chronologically according to the date of the incident, which led to the lawsuit. It also includes additional background when necessary to fully explain the nature of the claim.

Arranged alphabetically by claimant surname, this book features several entries that present the particulars of the cases heard by the United States Court of Claims, after the Civil War. It also provides a concise overview regarding legal aspects of the war, with the main body of the work focusing on the cases.

During the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic eras, France was plagued by war and massive crop failures and was desperately in need of supplies. This book presents court cases detailing important questions of American and international law which relate to the French assault on American shipping.