The United States Navy in the Pacific, 1897-1909 Review

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(More customer reviews)Braosted's 2 volumes paint a vivid picture of important things that our Navy and government were involved with in the Pacific area during the first third of the last century. It is true that many of these events were mere footnotes in history; but what fascinating footnotes they are. For instance, the strange account of how the US along with a dozen or so other nations operated and maintained segments of the Trans-Siberian Railroad during much of World War I. Want to know about the huge stockpile of military equipment we and the allies stashed in warehouses at Vladivostock, how the Russians left the war before using any of then, and about the 50,000 well armed, well trained and highly motivated Czechoslavakian troops sent from the Eastern Front to go fight in the West when someone would transport them. They cooled their heels virtually within a stones throw of that stockpile. To me it is one of the most tantalizing historical "what if's" when contemplating what might have happened if they had captured those stores and then decided to do something about the problems in Russia.
The books reveal a lot of history that is very hard to find elsewhere. Our "gunboat diplomacy." our mounting difficulties with Japan, How the Panama Canal changed the whole military situation in the Pacific.
These are important books that may at first glance appear as dry as dust, but I assure you that they are interesting and exciting reading.

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