Under Two Flags
The American Navy in the Civil War
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2012
Naval Institute Press (Verlag)
978-1-55750-289-6 (ISBN)
Naval Institute Press (Verlag)
978-1-55750-289-6 (ISBN)
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Vividly written and researched by a noted historian of the period, this succinct history credits the Union Navy as an essential element in the northern victory. Neither ponderous nor hagiographic, the work presents characters and events that have been previously neglected and offers candid assessments of officers, men, and material. Originally published in 1990, it is an authoritative and gripping story of the battles waged.
The author provides a rare look at the war fought by primitive northern gunboats drifting through Louisiana's muddy bayous, Yankee merchantmen captured by rebel privateers at sea, and Union ironclads subduing hotly defended Southern forts. Nor does he neglect the subtler sparring behind the scenes: War Secretary Stanton and Navy Secretary Welles competing for Lincoln's favour and Welles's fierce duel of strategies with his Confederate counterpart, Stephen Mallory. Finally, the author describes the astonishing transformation of the Navy itself from a ragtag fleet of aging steamers and paddleboats to one of the most powerful waterborne forces in the world.
The author provides a rare look at the war fought by primitive northern gunboats drifting through Louisiana's muddy bayous, Yankee merchantmen captured by rebel privateers at sea, and Union ironclads subduing hotly defended Southern forts. Nor does he neglect the subtler sparring behind the scenes: War Secretary Stanton and Navy Secretary Welles competing for Lincoln's favour and Welles's fierce duel of strategies with his Confederate counterpart, Stephen Mallory. Finally, the author describes the astonishing transformation of the Navy itself from a ragtag fleet of aging steamers and paddleboats to one of the most powerful waterborne forces in the world.
William M. Fowler Jr. is a distinguished professor of History at Northeastern University in Boston. Prior to that, for eight years he was director of the Massachusetts Historical Society. He is the author of Empires at War: The French and Indian War and the Struggle for North America, Jack Tars and Commodores: The American Navy, 1783-1815, Beacon Hill: A Biography of John Hancock, and Samuel Adams: Radical Puritan.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 30.4.2012 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 22 b/w photos; 2 line art |
| Verlagsort | Annopolis |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 495 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-55750-289-7 / 1557502897 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-55750-289-6 / 9781557502896 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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