Divided Waters: The Naval History of the Civil War - Hardcover

Musicant, Ivan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0060164824 ISBN 13: 9780060164829

Publisher: HarperCollins, 1995

Synopsis

A naval history of the Civil War uses the words of the men who were there--taken from primary sources such as diaries, letters, and memoirs--to the tell the story from an often forgotten point of view.

About this title

From the Publisher:

The first naval history of the Civil War in more than 25 years, written by an award-winning historian using the diaries, letters, and memoirs of the men who were there.

From Publishers Weekly:

Musicant (Battleship at War) draws on the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion and a broad spectrum of published primary and secondary sources for this history of the Civil War's naval operations. He focuses on the responses of both combatants to unfamiliar challenges. New ship types?ironclads and submersibles?were merely the most visible characteristics of a general flexibility and originality. This account is an operational narrative, not a strategic analysis. Musicant is at his best when describing the duel between the Kearsarge and the Alabama, or Admiral David Farragut's forcing of Mobile Bay. He demonstrates as well the vital role of Union sea power in such combined-arms riverine operations as the siege of Vicksburg. His final conclusion, that the Union blockade ultimately deprived the Confederacy of the commercial and political contacts it needed to survive, is well supported in this highly readable volume. Illustrations not seen by PW.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0060164824
• ISBN 13: 9780060164829
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 496