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The ''Modern'' Civil War: Advances in Military and Naval Technology

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14360
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Many historians consider the American Civil War the first modern war because of the advances in weaponry. Duppsdadt examines four of these advances: rifled weapons; changing from sailing ships to steam-powered ones; ironclad warships and submarines; and torpedoes and land mines.
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