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you know, i d always heard a little bit about the lusitania, but i didn t really realize that there was a human drama at the core of that story as poignant, as moving as anything you d find with the titanic, but also that it was a story which had deep political ramifications. it was a story of an event which really changed the nature of warfare. c-span: the titanic was sunk in 1912. guest: that s right, just three years earlier. c-span: the lusitania was owned by what company? guest: it was owned by the cunard company. she d been built up in scotland, on the river clyde, by the john brown company, launched 1906, made her maiden voyage 1907, and really was the technological marvel of her age. it wasn t just that she was a uniquely beautiful, elegant ship, with suites and public rooms, you know, modeled on the grand palaces of europe, like versailles and fontainebleau. she was also very technological advanced. she had revolutionary turbine engines. this was a ship that coul

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