Civil War Torpedoes And The Global Development Of Landmine Warfare (War And Society)

This book focuses on the technology, tactical application, and morality of Civil War landmines. Employed mostly by the Confederates, contact-activated mines and electrically detonated mines, called torpedoes by Civil War contemporaries, worked technically but failed to provide tactical benefits for the user.

• | Author: Earl J. Hess
• | Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• | Publication Date: Feb 15, 2023
• | Number of Pages: 272 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 1538174278
• | ISBN-13: 9781538174272