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Union Combined Operations in the Civil War
Craig L. Symonds
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Description for Union Combined Operations in the Civil War
Hardback. Despite a wealth of books on campaigns of the American Civil War, the subject of combined operations has been largely neglected. This book offers ten case studies of combined Army-Navy operations by Union forces. It is presented in chronological order, each essay illuminates an aspect of combined operations during a time of changing technology. Editor(s): Symonds, Craig L. Series: The North's Civil War. Num Pages: 240 pages, 6 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 160 x 28. Weight in Grams: 395.
Despite a wealth of books on the campaigns of the American Civil War, the subject of combined or joint operations has been largely neglected. This revealing book offers ten case studies of combined Army–Navy operations by Union forces. Presented in chronological order, each essay illuminates an aspect of combined operations during a time of changing technology and doctrine.
The essays cover the war along the “rebel coast,” including the operations in the North Carolina Sounds in 1861, the Union thrusts up the York and James rivers during the Peninsular Campaign in 1862 and 1864, and the various Union efforts ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Fordham University Press
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Series
The North's Civil War
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780823232864
SKU
V9780823232864
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About Craig L. Symonds
Craig L. Symonds is Professor Emeritus at the U.S. Naval Academy and the author of many books on Civil War and naval history. He won the Theodore and Franklin D. Roosevelt Prize in 2005, The Lincoln Prize (with James M. McPherson) in 2009, and the Dudley Knox Medal for Lifetime Achievement in Naval History in 2014.
Reviews for Union Combined Operations in the Civil War
"The contributors offer fresh and incisive insights into an overlooked and undervalued facet of the Civil War by examining the complicated and often stormy relationship between the Union army and navy in combined operations along the Confederate coast."
-Stephen Taaffe Stephen F. Austin State University "Scholarly thinking on different aspects of a topic of little-considered but lasting interest, this ... Read more
-Stephen Taaffe Stephen F. Austin State University "Scholarly thinking on different aspects of a topic of little-considered but lasting interest, this ... Read more