Free Downloads The Blockade: Runners And Raiders (The Civil War Series, Vol. 3)

                
              
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The Blockade: Runners And Raiders (The Civil War Series, Vol. 3)
Beautifully bound and illustrated volume on the Civil War featuring The Blockade, Runners and Raiders.
Hardcover: 176 pages
Publisher: Time-Life Books (July 1983)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0809447088
ISBN-13: 978-0809447084
Product Dimensions:  0.8 x 9.5 x 11.2 inches
Shipping Weight: 2.1 pounds
Average Customer Review:  4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
Best Sellers Rank: #942,841 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)   #64 in Books > History > Americas > United States > Civil War > Naval Operations   #9345 in Books > History > Military > United States
This volume in the Time-Life Civil War series looks at the naval aspects of the conflict, When the war began the United States Navy was in poor shape and the Confederate States Navy nonexistent. The directions pursued by each sides' naval forces reflected their strengths: the North initiated and enforced the Blockade since the Union had more vessels, shipbuilding facilities and seamen than the South. The South in turn relied upon blockade runners to bring in vital supplies and employed privateers initially and commerce raiders later to seek out and sink Federal cargo ships, interfering with U.S. trade. Both sides used ironclads, the predecessors to modern battleships.The book also includes a chapter on secret service efforts in Europe, which makes sense as Confederate agents bought warships there and blockade runners were secretly constructed in Europe. However, the struggle in Europe between the North and South also extended into what we would today consider Information Operations: propaganda, public relations and espionage. The author has done a good job of drawing the reader into this theater of combat.This is a fascinating story, seeing armored warships replacing wooden sailing ships, courageous blockade runners avoiding Federal warships off the southern coast and Confederate raiders literally sailing around the world seeking out U.S. ships to attack. Sidebars include an illustration comparing different types of vessels used during the Civil War, a Federal doctor's view of blockade duty, the last fight of the CSS Alabama, Yankee monitors, the short career of the CSS Albemarle and the occupation of Port Royal.
This shows the chance happenings of the war.
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This Account of The Civil WAr is a good accurate account ofthis historical event = highlighting the horrors of war amongbrothers. Lets hope this event never occurs aqain.
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