{"product_id":"2940169724653","title":"Mr. Lincoln's High-Tech War: How the North Used the Telegraph, Railroads, Surveillance Balloons, Ironclads, High-Powered Weapons, and More to Win the Civil War","description":"\u003cp\u003eThomas B. Allen¿s expertise in military history and strategy is combined with Roger MacBride Allen¿s knowledge of technology to reveal a lesser known yet fascinating side of the sixteenth president of the United States. Their authoritative narrative reveals Lincoln as our nation¿s first hands-on commander-in-chief, whose appreciation for the power of technology plays a critical role in the North¿s Civil War victory over the less developed South.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWe meet Lincoln as he exchanges vital telegraph messages with his generals in the field; we witness his inspection of new ship models at the navy yard; we view the president target shooting with the designer of a new kind of rifle; and we follow Lincoln, the man of action, as he leads a daring raid to recapture Norfolk, Virginia. The book¿s historic sweep also sets Abraham Lincoln in the context of his military era: we learn about the North¿s Anaconda Plan and the South¿s counter strategies and how the concept of total war replaced the old Napoleonic way of fighting.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReaders will come away with a rich sense of a leader who lived through one of the most exciting ages of technological and social change in America. \u003ci\u003eMr. Lincoln¿s High-Tech War\u003c\/i\u003e brings alive a time when the railroad brought soldiers to and from the battlefields, when hot-air balloons were used for surveillance, and when ironclad warships revolutionized naval warfare.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Blackstone Audio production.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blackstone Audio, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47114617127152,"sku":"2940169724653","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169724653_p0.jpg?v=1769899623","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169724653","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}