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" Clad in iron : "
Howard J. Fuller ; foreword by Robert J. Schneller, Jr
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BL
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688684
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b510873
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| Main Entry
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Fuller, Howard J.,1968-
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Clad in iron : : the American Civil War and the challenge of British naval power /\ Howard J. Fuller ; foreword by Robert J. Schneller, Jr
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Westport, Conn. :: Praeger Security International,, 2008
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xxix, 409 p. :: ill. ;; 25 cm
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0313345902
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: 9780313345906
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [357]-386) and index
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| Contents
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Deterring Columbia: British Naval Supremacy -- An ironclad race with France -- Industry and Conversion Problems -- Enter Captain Coles -- The Specter of modern coastal defense and assault -- two ironclad adversaries: the Confederacy and Great Britain -- Building the Monitor -- Effect of the Trent affair -- Congress Debates the "20 Ironclad Gunboats" -- the fulcrum of Hamptom Roads -- Hampton Roads and its consequences -- Super-monitors, super-guns -- Ericsson, the Navy and Control of the Union Ironclad program -- British reactions to Hampton Roads and the "Monitor Riddle" -- Enter E.J. Reed, Naval Architect -- Palmerston's Policy -- Deterring Britannia: the Trent affair reversed -- Cole loses ground -- the practical concerns against British intervention -- Summer of 1862: the tide turns against the union -- the Passaic crisis -- shifting ironclad confidence -- regaining the strategic initiative? -- Culmination and Consequence: "The Fiery Focus
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Great Britain.-- History-- 19th century
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United States.-- History-- Civil War, 1861-1865
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Armored vessels-- Great Britain-- History-- 19th century
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Armored vessels-- United States-- History-- 19th century
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Hampton Roads, Battle of, Va., 1862
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Sea-power-- Great Britain-- History-- 19th century
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Sea-power-- United States-- History-- 19th century
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Trent Affair, 1861
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Great Britain, Foreign relations, United States
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United States, Foreign relations, Great Britain
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E591.F88 2008
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