Distant victory; the Battle of Jutland and the Allied triumph in the First World War.(Brief Article)(Book Review)

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0275990737

Distant victory; the Battle of Jutland and the Allied triumph in the First World War.

Butler, Daniel Allen.

Praeger Security International

2006

251 pages

$44.95

Hardcover

D582

Germany's new foreign minister Arthur Zimmerman's equally new maritime policies ensured allied victory in the Great War, and the Battle of Jutland is one the best cases in point. Controversial fr...

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