"The Victory at Sea" was written by the U.S. naval commander of all U.S. forces in European waters, who was stationed in London to command all U.S. naval operations. Canadian-born William Snowden Sims (1858 - 1936), following this World War, with the rank of Rear Admiral, wrote this book between 1919 - 1920, during his assignment as President, Naval War College (1919 - 1922). In 1921, Admiral Sims won the "Pulitzer Prize for History of United States" for his work on "The Victory at Sea", in collaboration with Burton J. Hendrick. It should be noted that Burton would later win his "Pulitzer Prize for Biography" in his own work on "The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page" (1923).

Articles by William Sowden Sims

Service Opinion Upon Promotion By Selection

By Admiral William S. Sims, U. S. Navy (Retired)
June 1935
During the latter part of June, 1934, there were mailed to 1,001 naval officers reprints of an article of mine, entitled “Promotion By Selection,” from the June issue of the ...

Training Ranges and Long Range Firing

By Lieut.-Commander W. S. Sims, U.S.N.
July 1904
While it is true that the principles of gunnery training, long-range firing, and range-finding are well known and have been explained in publications within the past few years, it is ...