Civil War at Sea

Name: Civil War at Sea
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ISBN: 9780199931682

ISBN-10: 0199931682

ISBN-13: 9780199931682

Edition: 2012

Authors: Craig L. Symonds

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Continuing in the vein of the Lincoln-prize winningLincoln and His Admirals, acclaimed naval historian Craig L. Symonds presents an operational history of the Civil War navies -- both Union and Confederate -- in this concise volume. Illuminating how various aspects of the naval engagement influenced the trajectory of the war as a whole,The Civil War at Seaadds to our understanding of America's great national conflict.Both the North and the South developed and deployed hundreds of warships between 1861 and 1865. Because the Civil War coincided with a revolution in naval techonology, the development and character of warfare at sea from 1861-1865 was dramatic and unprecedented. Rather than a…

Book details

List price: $29.99
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 10/5/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 6.22" wide x 9.29" long x 0.69" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English



Author's Note



The Ships and the Guns: Civil War Navies and the Technological Revolution



The Blockade and Blockade-Runners



The War on Commerce: The Hunters and the Hunted



"Unvexed to the Sea": The River War



Civil War Navies and the Siege of Charleston



The End Game: Mobile, Wilmington, and the Cruise of the Shenandoah


Notes


Bibliographical Essay


Index