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Honorable Mention, Science and Technology category, John Lyman Book Awards, North American Society for Oceanic History

Civil War Ironclads supplies the first comprehensive study of one of the most ambitious programs in the history of naval shipbuilding. In constructing its new fleet of ironclads, William H. Roberts explains, the U.S. Navy faced the enormous engineering challenges of a largely experimental technology. In addition, it had to manage a ship acquisition program of unprecedented s...

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History Science & Technology Engineering Technology Military History United States History Social & Cultural Aspects of Technology World History Navy & Naval History United States Armed Forces 19th Century United States History - Civil War Social & Cultural History General & Miscellaneous Naval History Navy - United States Armed Forces Union - Armed Forces - Civil War History United States Civil War - Military Operations - General & Miscellaneous United States Civil War - Naval Operations United States - Naval History History of Technology

Civil War Ironclads: The U.S. Navy and Industrial Mobilization