Civil War Torpedoes and the Global Development of Landmine Warfare

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.

About the author

Hess holds the Stewart W. McClelland Chair in History at LMU, where he has taught since 1989. Hess has been a student of Civil War history since he was a teenager, growing up in rural Missouri. He completed his B.A. and M.A. degrees in history at Southeast Missouri State University. His Ph.D. in American Studies, with a concentration in history, was awarded by Purdue University in 1986. He has taught at a number of institutions, including the University of Georgia, Texas Tech University, and the University of Arkansas. He is the author of more than a dozen books on Civil War military history, the latest of which is Into the Crater ¿ The Mine Attack at Petersburg. He was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize in 2002.

Product details

• Authors: Earl J. Hess, Hess Earl J.
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.02.2023
• EAN: 9781538174272
• ISBN: 978-1-5381-7427-2
• No. of pages: 272
• Series: War and Society
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; USA, HISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), HISTORY / Military / United States, c 1800 to c 1900, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Civil wars, American Civil War, HISTORY / Military / Land Forces, American Civil War;CIvil War;Landmine warfare;Torpedoes