A History of the Confederate Navy
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| Rating | : | 4.71 (982 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1557505276 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 514 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
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S. Lawrenz said An Excellent History of the CSN. Written by an Italian no less, this is the best book I have found on the CSN. It is written in a style that is easy to follow, and touches on all aspects of the CSN from shipbuilding, to supply to espionage. Reading this book gave me a full image of the odds going against the CSN and the amazing accomplishments they achieved despite them.Luraghi is clearly enthusiastic about his subject. His enthusiasm resonates throughout the book. It . Incandescent, Brilliant, Compelling, BUY IT TODAY Steve Quick Truly great histories are few and far between. This is one. How many historians can claim to have twenty years of hard research in a book, and not put you to sleep in the first 20 pages? The Confederate Navy was one of the most extraordinary enterprises in all of military history. Tactics and developments fit cleanly within well explained strategy. The personalities, resources, plans and timetables are well integrated and despite all th. "Incandescent, Brilliant, Compelling, BUY IT TODAY" according to Steve Quick. Truly great histories are few and far between. This is one. How many historians can claim to have twenty years of hard research in a book, and not put you to sleep in the first 20 pages? The Confederate Navy was one of the most extraordinary enterprises in all of military history. Tactics and developments fit cleanly within well explained strategy. The personalities, resources, plans and timetables are well integrated and despite all th
. He shows how an agrarian people built a navy that managed to continue fighting several months after Lee's surrender at Appomattox, and on the whole made a good showing on the seas against an industrial superpower. A History of the Confederate Navy is probably the only important book on the U.S. Nonetheless, historian Raimondo Luraghi offers the fullest account to date of the South's naval activity. This particular interpretation is disputable, but the facts and figures of Luraghi's history are not. Instead, the Confederate navy primarily wanted to prevent an amphibious invasion of the South--a mission in which it mostly succeeded. Busting the blockade was not its main goal, Luraghi argues. He challenges the popular notion that the Confederate navy was a failure because it did not break the North's blockade. Civi
A landmark study that credits the Southern navy for its strategic successes, international range, and technical advances.