MUSICANT : Divided waters (fülszöveg)
Divided Waters is a compelling and dramatic exploration of the American Civil War's sweeping naval panorama, and its profound impact on the outcome of America's bloodiest conflict. Here, Ivan Musicant, recipient of the Samuel Eliot Morison Award for Naval Literature, recounts in flawless detail the epic struggle afloat that would forever change the face of naval warfare.
The naval aspects of the Civil War played a pivotal role in the war and its outcome. For the Union, this was manifested in the navy's threefold mission: to blockade the Confederate coast and capture its ports, to direct support of the army in riverine and amphibious operations, and to protect seagoing commerce from Confederate raiders. For the Confederacy, its naval program concentrated on breaking the Union blockade that kept "King Cotton" from reaching Europe, and European weaponry and war supplies — as well as such mundane yet critical items as salt and shoes — from reaching the South. For the talented innovators in the Confederate Navy, blockade-breaking led directly to the construction of ironclad vessels, specifically steam-powered rams, the extensive use of naval mining, and the advent of actual submarine warfare.
Divided Waters is military history at its most dramatic and readable; Musicant draws on primary sources, including the personal diaries, letters, and journals of the combatants, to bring to life the capture of Fort Hatteras — the first Union victory of the war; the 1861 assault on Port Royal, South Carolina, America's largest amphibious operation until World War II; the dramatic high-seas showdown of the USS Kearsarge and CSS Alabama; the daring mission of the world's first true submarine, the CSS Hunley; and the first historic duel between ironclad warships, the USS Monitor and the CSS Virginia.
Interspersed with participatory accounts and period journalistic and political commentary, Divided Waters is an elegantly written and flawlessly researched treasure trove of American naval history, and offers the reader a compelling look at this majestic facet of America's bloodiest war.
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