Civil War Torpedoes and the Global Development of Landmine Warfare

By Earl J Hess

Book Overview

Civil War Torpedoes examines the history of landmine development and use in the Civil War and beyond. The author organizes his scholarship around technology, and morality. Hess uses multiple archival sources to tell a compelling narrative that considers the moral stigma most contemporaries attached to this new weapon of war.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1538174286
• ISBN13: 9781538174289
• Release Date: February 2023
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"