Iron Coffin: War, Technology, and Experience Aboard the USS Monitor

(Part of the Johns Hopkins Introductory Studies in the History of Technology Series)

by David A. Mindell

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The USS Monitor famously battled the CSS Virginia (the armored and refitted USS Merrimack) at Hampton Roads in March 1862. This updated edition of David A. Mindell's classic account of the ironclad warships and the human dimension of modern warfare commemorates the 150th anniversary of this historic encounter.

Mindell explores how mariners--fighting "blindly," below the waterline--lived in and coped with the metal monster they...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:1421405202

ISBN13:9781421405209

Release Date:March 2012

Publisher:Johns Hopkins University Press

Length:208 Pages

Weight:1.10 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"

Related Subjects

19th Century Civil War Conventional History History & Philosophy Military Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Naval Naval Operations Science & Math Textbooks Weapons & Warfare

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Iron Coffin: War, Technology, and Experience Aboard the USS Monitor

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