Название: Ironclad: The Monitor and the Merrimack Автор: Arthur Mokin Издательство: Presidio Press ISBN: 1494447681 Год: 1991 Формат: PDF Страниц: 294 Для сайта:Mirknig.su Размер: 40,2 МБ Язык: Английский
The narrative begins on April 6, 1861. We meet an anxious Gideon Welles, Secretary of the U.S. Navy. He fears war is about to break out and is concerned that the Confederates will confiscate units of the U.S. fleet in southern ports. He is particularly concerned about the recently built USS Merrimack, one of the few steam-powered ships in the navy. On April 12, the Confederates fire on Ft. Sumter and the long, devastating war begins. Abe Lincoln and his cabinet realizing the south has no industrial capacity and that it plans to import all weaponry and materiel in return for cotton, settle on the stratagem of blockade. To his dismay, Welles learns that the Confederates have seized Merrimack and plan to refit her as an ironclad with which to bust the anticipated blockade.
Rise of the Ironclads Название: Rise of the Ironclads Автор: George F. Amadon Издательство: Pictorial Histories Publishing Company Год: 1988 Формат: PDF Страниц: 82...
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Ironclad: The Monitor and the Merrimack 
