Iron Coffin War, Technology, and Experience Aboard the USS Monitor

Mindell takes us back in time so we become 'witnesses' to the events surrounding the Union Navy's most famous ironclad. Pirates and Privateers 2012 The excellence of this volume confirms its continuing usefulness... Iron Coffin is a veritable gem of a book. -- John F.M. McDermott IEEE Technology and Society Magazine 2012 Mindell's research is impeccable and supports his argument with considerable authority from contemporary sources as well as his own experiences after the partial recovery of the Monitor's components. The book, as with its earlier incarnation, is an important bridge between operational military history and the human side to science and technology. -- Gregory Stern H-War, H-Net Reviews 2012 Midell conveys life aboard the Monitor with realism and honesty. -- Robert C. Stewart Industrial Archaeology 2013