War, Technology, and Experience aboard the USS Monitor
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Author
Publication
2000-03-24 - The Johns Hopkins University Press
Language
English
Word Count
50,000 words, Guess
Page Count
200 pages
Physical Format
Paperback
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL7870521M
- ISBN-139780801862502
- ISBN-100801862507
- OCLC Control Number41711975
- OCLC Control Numberwartechnologyexp0000mind
and 3 more
- Library of Congress Control Number99038344
- Goodreads1453858
- LibraryThing448709
Classifications
- LCCVA65.M65 M55 2000
Description
Explores the story of how mariners-- fighting "blindly" below the waterline-- lived and coped with the metal monster they called the "iron coffin." The author shows how the iron warship emerged as an idea and became practicable, how building it drew upon and forced changes in contemporary manufacturing technology, and how the vessel captured the nineteenth-century American popular and literary imaginations. He shows how technology changes not only the tools but also the very experience of combat, generating effects that are still felt today in the era of "smart bombs" and pushbutton wars.
First Sentence
About an hour's train ride south of London, one can visit today the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, the centuries-old home of the Royal Navy, now an impressive museum.
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