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Friend Jack <1929-> |
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West wind, flood tide : the Battle of Mobile Bay / / Jack Friend |
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Annapolis, Maryland : , : Naval Institute Press, , 2004 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (321 p.) |
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Soggetti |
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Mobile Bay, Battle of, Ala., 1864 |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Preface ; Acknowledgments; Prologue; PART ONE: EVOLUTION OF A BATTLE ; 1. Ram Fever ; 2. A New General in Chief; 3. The Decision to Attack ; 4. The Plan ; 5. The Attack Is Canceled; 6. A New Plan ; 7. More Delay ; 8. Manhattan Joins the Fleet; 9. Tecumseh Reaches Pensacola; PART TWO: THE END OF THE BEGINNING ; 10. Girding for Battle ; 11. The Troops Embark ; 12. The River Monitors Arrive ; 13. So Daring a Plan ; 14. The Army Lands ; 15. The Navy Is Late ; 16. Tecumseh Steams In ; 17. Get Under Way ; PART THREE: A STORM CLOUD ALL AGLOW; 18. Catastrophe; 19. Go Ahead ; 20. Gauntlet |
21. Gunboat Fight 22. Melee ; 23. Surrender ; Epilogue ; Notes ; Bibliography ; About the Author |
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<div>One of history''s greatest naval engagements and the Civil War''s bloodiest is examined for both its political ramifications and influence on naval tactics and ship design.</div> |
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