A history of the Confederate Navy / Raimondo Luraghi ; translated by Paolo E. Coletta.
| Author/creator |
Luraghi, Raimondo |
| Other author/creator | Coletta, Paolo E. (Paolo Enrico), 1916-2007 |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Publication Info | Annapolis, Md. : Naval Institute Press, ©1996. |
| Description | xx, 514 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Subject(s) |
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| Uniform title | Marinai del Sud. English |
| Contents | 1. Birth of a Navy -- 2. Financial Means, Personnel, and Organization -- 3. Building and Outfitting Warships -- 4. The Technological Revolution and the First Phase of Confederate Naval Strategy -- 5. The Internationalization of the Conflict and the Beginning of the War against Trade on the Far Seas -- 6. The Ironclad Strategy: First Phase -- 7. Toward the Deadline -- 8. The Battle (I) -- 9. The Battle (II) -- 10. The Second Phase of Confederate Naval Strategy -- 11. The New Ironclad Strategy: First Phase -- 12. The Zenith of Commerce Destroying on the Far Seas -- 13. The Unleashing of Submarine Warfare -- 14. Submarines and Torpedo Boats Enter the War -- 15. The New Ironclad Strategy: Second Phase -- 16. Crisis of the Blockade, the Climax of Confederate Naval Strategy, and the Battle of Plymouth -- 17. The Commandos of the Confederate States Navy -- 18. The Crisis -- 19. The Flag Still Flies. |
| Abstract | For thirty years world-renowned author and scholar Raimondo Luraghi has sought answers to the question: How did an overwhelmingly agricultural country with little industry and nearly no merchant marine succeed in building a navy that managed to confront the formidable Union navy for four years? Pushing aside the long-held belief that the answers went up in flames when the Confederate Navy archives were torched during the evacuation of Richmond, Luraghi combed fifty archives in four countries and uncovered information that shattered prevailing myths about that service's contributions. Focusing on the South's ironclads, commerce raiders, torpedoes, and mines, this study breaks new ground by giving the Confederate Navy proper credit for its strategic successes, international range, and technical advances. For example, the author disproves the widely held notion that the South's ironclads were a failure, built only to break the Union blockade and relegated to other duties because they could not leave protected harbors. Luraghi also argues successfully that breaking the blockade was not the Confederate Navy's single strategic aim, and thus that the navy must not be judged a total failure, as is so often asserted. With this translation of Luraghi's masterwork the English-speaking world has both a complete account of Confederate naval operations and a balanced and realistic analysis. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 95049315 |
| ISBN | 1557505276 (alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9781557505279 (alk. paper) |
Available Items
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions | |
| Joyner | General Stacks | E596 .L8713 1996 | ✔ Available | Place Hold | |
| Joyner | General Stacks | E596 .L8713 1996 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |