Военная история / Technology and the Civil War

Издательство: Chelsea House Publishing
Серия: The Civil War: A Nation Divided
Автор: Shane Mountjoy
Название: Technology and the Civil War
Язык: английский
Год издания: 2009
Количество страниц: 137
ISBN: 978-1-60413-037-9
Формат: True PDF
Размер: 3 мб

When war broke out between the North and the South in 1861, the United States was still a growing nation, living with traditions of the past and beginning to improve life with new technological advances of the future. The Civil War was a conflict during which both sides experimented with old and new methods, machines, and weapons - all of which were dependent upon developing technologies. Exploding shells, hot air balloons, anesthesia, land mines, submarines, and the telegraph are a few of the unique technologies that Union and Confederate leaders used in their struggle to win the war. "Technology and the Civil War" explains the role of technology for Americans before, during, and after the conflict.