Lusitania by Colin Simpson

Description

On May 7, 1915, the German U-boat 20 torpedoed and sank the “unarmed” passenger liner Lusitania off the coast of Ireland, killing some 1200 men, women, and children–many of them Americans.

This book by British historian Colin Simpson shines new light on this event. By retracing the life of the Lusitania, and of geopolitics at the time, the author shows the political and military decisions being made by both England and Germany leading up to this event.