Post-First World War, the Mediterranean Fleet found itself in the Eastern Mediterranean, the Sea of Marmora, the Black Sea and the Adriatic. The collapse of the Ottoman, Russian and Habsburg empires created a vacuum of power in which different factions struggled for control.
'The Navy Records Society is particularily fortunate in its choice of editors. Paul Halpern, professor emeritus at Florida State University, is arguably the most knowledgeable naval historian concerning matters Mediterranean generally and certainly the best informed concerning this period... this is a very useful collection... of particular interest to non-naval historians.' International Journal of Maritime History
