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 Now for the Contest: Coastal and Oceanic Naval Operations in the Civil War (Great Campaigns of the Civil War) $39.95 Now for the Contest tells the story of the Civil War at sea in the context of three campaigns: the blockade of the southern coast, the raiding of Union commerce, and the projection of power ashore. The Civil War at sea was profoundly influenced by innovation and asymmetry?both sides embraced innovation, but differences in their resources and their strategic objectives pushed them down different paths. At its peak the Union navy boasted over fifty thousand men and nearly seven hundred ships. The Confederate navy was far smaller, never exceeding some five thousand men, and it numbered its ships in the tens rather than the hundreds. The Confederacy¡Çs ¡Ètechnology strategy¡É and its overseas programs formed the main counterweight to the Union¡Çs numerical force. Now for the Contest also examines how both sides mobilized and employed their resources for a war that proved to be of unprecedented intensity and duration. For both antagonists the conduct of the naval war was complicated by rapid technological change, as steam power, metal armor, and more powerful ordnance sparked experiment and innovation both in naval construction and in tactics. The war years brought tremendous change to a service that did not always welcome it. Innovative technologies flourished in this hothouse atmosphere, however, and a rising generation of naval leaders would carry the knowledge of combat into the long peace that followed.  A People's Contest: The Union and Civil War 1861-1865 (Modern War Studies) $16.95 This volume describes the multifaceted impacts of the Civil War on Northern society. Weaving together insights from literature, law and politics, it shows how the North redefined itself as a modern nation through two linked events - the Civil War and the Industrial Revolution.  More Than a Contest Between Armies: Essays on the Civil War Era (Frank L. Klement Lecture) $35.00 For more than a decade, Marquette University has honored Frank L. Klement, a longtime member of its history department whose reputation as a historian was established with his "alternative view" of the Civil War, with the annual "Frank L. Klement Lectures: Alternative Views of the Sectional Conflict". Lecturers are asked to examine an unexplored aspect of the Civil War or to reinterpret an important theme of the conflict, including, among others, the war's effect on race and gender, historians' interest in studying the experiences of representative individuals as well as communities, and the emerging field of memory studies. From the very beginning of the series, lecturers were chosen from among the best-known Civil War historians. They are among the elite scholars responsible for the continuing popularity of the Civil War era among both academics and the interested public. The twelve essays in this anthology were lectures presented by Edward L. Ayers, William Blair, David W. Blight, Catherine Clinton, Gary W. Gallagher, J. Matthew Gallman, Lesley J. Gordon, Robert W. Johannsen, Mark E. Neely Jr., George Rable, John Y. Simon, and Joan Waugh. In a single volume, "More Than a Contest Between Armies" offers readers an impressive array of topics, approaches, and perspectives certain to interest both buffs and scholars. |
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