West Wind, Flood Tide: The Battle of Mobile Bay

West Wind, Flood Tide: The Battle of Mobile Bay

One of history's greatest naval engagements and the Civil War's bloodiest is examined for both its political ramifications and influence on naval tactics and ship design. "... good and useful and well written." -- The Journal of Military History, 2005 "...provides 'rattlin' good' tactical details [and] a solid education in the conduct of naval operations during the Civil War." -- The NYMAS (New York Military Affairs Symposium) Review, Summer 2004 "...the most definitive volume ever written on the Battle of Mobile Bay." -- Mobile Register, February 10, 2004 "This book will please anyone interested in naval warfare." -- Thr Charlotte Observer, March 21, 2004 Winner of the North American Society for Oceanic History John Lyman Book Award for 2003 (U.S. History) Jack Friend, a longtime resident of Mobile, first wrote about the battle in Great American Naval Battles.