This detailed treatment of Civil War ironclads in the broader context of world naval developments has sparked a debate among U.S. Naval strategists. Many readers will learn for the first time of the influence on both Union and Confederate observers of Crimean War and other European armor, and learn the subsequent history of many Civil War naval vessels that later saw action in Peru, Paraguay, and Japan.
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Jack Greene is the author of four previous books and has contributed articles on a wide range of naval and military subjects. He lives in Los Osos, California. Alessandro Massignani is a specialist in Italian naval history and the author of numerous books in Italian.
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9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
A poor repetition of earlier works,
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This review is from: Ironclads At War: The Origin And Development Of The Armored Battleship (Hardcover)
While the subject matter of this book was of great interest to me, I found it to be so poorly written that it was unreadable; the prose is dull and redundant, there are numerous grammatical errors, and the information provided is utterly superficial. The same material is covered in much greater detail in H. w. Wilson's "Ironclads in action" (1895), a book of which this seems to be but a poor repetition. Even the graphics in Conway's "All the worlds ships 1860-1905" are far superior. If you are a serious scholar of naval history - or even a casual wargamer - find another book.
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This is a great general history of the ironclad period.,
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It is particulary good in its coverage of those ironclads in the service of other nations beyond the Royal Navy and the United States Navy. Contains well-done sections on the Seven Weeks War at sea, the wars of the South American Pacific coast including the Huáscar, and the Japanese Civil War.
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A top rated and execellent book,
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This book should be praised for its coverage of the entire scope of naval combat during the "ironclad" era. The author gives a good explanation on how the armored ship came about and what impact they had on the countries developing them. It is the only book that I have seen that covers one of the largest fleet actions in the Americas, the naval battle of Riachuelo. This battle and the war that it was fought in are usually left out of naval histories. There are some details that are wrong, which is why I don't give this book 5 stars, but it is far better than books that give us re-hash and imply that the only important events in the period were the American civil war and the extremely dull battle of Lissa. Let's see more books like this. one.
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The coming of the ironclad did not occur in a vacuum. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
ironclad steam batteries, wooden squadron, ironclad squadron, spar torpedoes, ram tactics, broadside ironclads, several ironclads, wooden warships, modern capital ship, pounder rifles, wooden gunboats, steam pinnace, rifled ordnance, wood backing, pounder smoothbores, more ironclads, ironclad fleet, minor vessels, wooden fleet, shell guns, smoothbore guns, pivot gun, ram bow, new ironclads, mortar boats Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, Great Britain, American Civil War, Black Sea, New Orleans, New Ironsides, Fort Sumter, Hampton Roads, Fort Morgan, Palmetto State, New York, North Sea, Patrick Henry, James River, North Carolina, Ferdinand Max, Keystone State, Mendez Nunez, Secretary of the Navy, San Martino, Fort Fisher, Fort Monroe, Gideon Welles, Ottoman Empire, Saint Bon New!
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ironclad steam batteries, wooden squadron, ironclad squadron, spar torpedoes, ram tactics, broadside ironclads, several ironclads, wooden warships, modern capital ship, pounder rifles, wooden gunboats, steam pinnace, rifled ordnance, wood backing, pounder smoothbores, more ironclads, ironclad fleet, minor vessels, wooden fleet, shell guns, smoothbore guns, pivot gun, ram bow, new ironclads, mortar boats Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, Great Britain, American Civil War, Black Sea, New Orleans, New Ironsides, Fort Sumter, Hampton Roads, Fort Morgan, Palmetto State, New York, North Sea, Patrick Henry, James River, North Carolina, Ferdinand Max, Keystone State, Mendez Nunez, Secretary of the Navy, San Martino, Fort Fisher, Fort Monroe, Gideon Welles, Ottoman Empire, Saint Bon New!
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- The Civil War: The Vindication of Richard Atkyns, Esq and the Military Memoirs of Captain John Gwyn (Military memoirs) by Richard Atkyns on 5 pages
- The Crimean War (The War Correspondents) by Andrew D. Lambert on page 33, page 110, and Back Matter
- Introduction of the Ironclad Warship (Classics of Naval Literature) by James Phinney Baxter on page 53, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Civil War (Hotlinks School Study Series) by Julie Brodie on page 41, and Back Matter
- American Civil War (Praeger Illustrated Military History) by Angus Konstam on page 49, and page 56
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- The Black Prince And The Sea Devils: The Story Of Valerio Borghese And The Elite Units Of The Decima Mas by Jack Greene on 4 pages
- Naval Strategies in the Civil War: Confederate Innovations and Federal Opportunism by Jay W Simson on page 106, and Back Matter
- The Bloody Crucible of Courage: Fighting Methods and Combat Experience of the Civil War by Brent Nosworthy in Back Matter
- Warfare and Society in Europe, 1792-1914 (Warfare and History) by Geoffrey Wawro in Back Matter
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