![]() ![]() Wilson, a past president of Princeton University, "felt deeply the destruction of Louvain," according to his friend, Colonel House the president feared "the war would throw the world back three or four centuries. The assault was deemed an affront to just to Belgium but to the world. Three days of shelling and murder left 209 civilians dead, 1,100 buildings incinerated, and the library destroyed, along with its 230,000 books, priceless manuscripts, and artifacts. On August 25, German forces bean an assault on the Belgian city of Louvain, the "Oxford of Belgium," a university town that was home to an important library. Gripping and important, Dead Wake captures the sheer drama and emotional power of a disaster that helped place America on the road to war. The American press called such atrocities acts of "frightfulness," the word then used to describe what later generations would call terrorism. In the town of Dinant, German soldiers shot 612 men, women, and children. The track lingered on the surface like a long pale scar. 2 Awards edit The book was named Book of the Year in the History Category by World Magazine. 1 The book looks at the sinking of Lusitania during World War I and the events surrounding the sinking. “As Wilson mourned his wife, German forces in Belgium entered quiet towns and villages, took civilian hostages, and executed them to discourage resistances. Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania is a 2015 New York Times non-fiction bestseller written by author Erik Larson. ![]()
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