Iron Coffin : War, Technology, and Experience aboard the USS Monitor /

Describes the warship, the USS Monitor, discussing the battle against the CSS Virginia during the Civil War, how it affected warfare and ship construction, its portrayal in popular media, and sailors' accounts of life inside the vessel.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Mindell, David A.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2012.
Edición:Updated ed.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
United States > History > 1861-1865, Civil War > Naval operations.
United States. > Navy.
Monitor (Ironclad)
United States. > Navy > Civil War, 1861-1865.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Naval operations.
United States. > Navy > History > Civil War, 1861-1865.
Sezessionskrieg
Technik
Monitor
Sea control.
United States.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • List of Illustrations
  • Preface 2012
  • Preface to the First Edition
  • Introduction A Strange Sort of Warfare
  • Chapter 1. Revising the Revolution, 1815-1861
  • Chapter 2. Building a Ship, Speaking Success
  • Chapter 3. William Keeler's Epistolary Monitor
  • Chapter 4. Life in the Artificial World
  • Chapter 5. The Battle of Hampton Roads
  • Chapter 6. Iron Ship in a Glass Case, April-September 1862
  • Chapter 7. Utilitarians View the Monitor's Fight, 1862-1865
  • Chapter 8. Melville and the Mechanic's War
  • Conclusion Mechanical Faces of Battle
  • Epilogue
  • Notes
  • Bibliographical Essay
  • Index.

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