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Sinking The Lusitania: An American Tragedy. Even I was offended by that title! I know the American passengers died in a higher percentage, but still. They also perpetuated the myth that we entered the war soon after the sinking. It was just one month short of two years later that we declared war on Germany!
I just read "Lusitania: Triumph, Tragedy and the End of the Edwardian Age" by Greg King and Penny Wilson - it gave a much more thoughtful analysis of the Lusitania's impact on America's entry (just one part - and not the actuating one - in a long chain of events that eventually lead to America's entry). It also did a good job of explaining the prevailing political view at the time of Lusitania's sinking and the series of colossal blunders the Captain made that, basically, made the ship an easy target.