Iron Coffin: War, Technology, and Experience Aboard the USS Monitor

by David A. Mindell

Book Overview

The USS Monitor famously battled the CSS Virginia (the armored and refitted USS Merrimack) at Hampton Roads in March 1862. This updated edition of David A. Mindell's classic account of the ironclad warships and the human dimension of modern warfare commemorates the 150th anniversary of this historic encounter.

Mindell explores how mariners--fighting "blindly," below the waterline--lived in and coped with the metal monster they...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1421405202
• ISBN13: 9781421405209
• Release Date: March 2012
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"