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It is a sad truth that most Americans have little or no idea of where the Black Sea region is, much less which countries are located there. Notwithstanding the failure of American schools to teach world geography, the Black Sea region is rarely visited by Westerners. It nevertheless remains one of the most politically important and strategically significant places on Earth. The Black Sea is literally the divide between the Christian and Muslim religions in Eurasia, and is bordered by some of the most volatile countries in the world today. In fact, American military forces have only rarely operated in the region, and then mostly within the borders of our NATO ally, Turkey. There was however an exception to this, just after World War I, when for a few years America operated a squadron of the U.S. Navy warships in the Black Sea. The story of their operations during that few years is a tale that is both compelling and informative, mixing elements of an Agatha Christie novel with the adventures of C. S. Forrester'