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War on the Waters: The Union and Confederate Navies, 1861-1865 (Littlefield History of the Civil War Era)
James M. Mcpherson
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Description for War on the Waters: The Union and Confederate Navies, 1861-1865 (Littlefield History of the Civil War Era)
Paperback. War on the Waters: The Union and Confederate Navies, 1861-1865 Series: Littlefield History of the Civil War Era. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 386.
Although previously undervalued for their strategic impact because they represented only a small percentage of total forces, the Union and Confederate navies were crucial to the outcome of the Civil War. In War on the Waters, James M. McPherson has crafted an enlightening, at times harrowing, and ultimately thrilling account of the war's naval campaigns and their military leaders.
McPherson recounts how the Union navy's blockade of the Confederate coast, leaky as a sieve in the war's early months, became increasingly effective as it choked off vital imports and exports. Meanwhile, the Confederate navy, dwarfed by its giant adversary, ... Read more
Although previously undervalued for their strategic impact because they represented only a small percentage of total forces, the Union and Confederate navies were crucial to the outcome of the Civil War. In War on the Waters, James M. McPherson has crafted an enlightening, at times harrowing, and ultimately thrilling account of the war's naval campaigns and their military leaders.
McPherson recounts how the Union navy's blockade of the Confederate coast, leaky as a sieve in the war's early months, became increasingly effective as it choked off vital imports and exports. Meanwhile, the Confederate navy, dwarfed by its giant adversary, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press
Condition
New
Series
Littlefield History of the Civil War Era
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Chapel Hill, United States
ISBN
9781469622842
SKU
V9781469622842
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About James M. Mcpherson
James M. McPherson taught U.S. history at Princeton University, USA for forty-two years and is author of more than a dozen books on the era of the Civil War. His books have won a Pulitzer Prize and two Lincoln Prizes.
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