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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mindell, David A.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2012.
Edition:Updated ed.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
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.
Online Access:Texto completo
Description
Summary: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.
Item Description:Originally published: War, technology, and experience aboard the USS Monitor / David A. Mindell. 2000.
Physical Description:1 online resource (208 pages): illustrations ;
ISBN:9781421406053

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