The Ship That Changed the World: The Escape of the Goeben to the Dardanelles in 1914 by Van der Vat, Dan - 1986

Bethesda, Maryland: Adler & Adler, 1986. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Stated First U.S. Edition.. Fine stated U.S. first edition in clean unclipped dust jacket. Blue boards with blue cloth spine, unchipped bright gold lettering on spine. No bumping, fading or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Pages and edges are clean and bright, with clean map-illustrated endpapers. No names, writing or marks. Illustrated with photographs. 252 pages with Index. Clean dust jacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. As the First World War began, the Germans had just one capital ship, the battle-cruiser Goeben, escorted by the light cruiser Breslau, defined all odds and eluded both the French navy and the British Mediterranean Fleet to cross the sea and each the Dardanelles. Once there, the Germans pushed Turkey into the war on their sideby bursting into the Black Sea under Turkish colors and shelling the Russian coast..