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The headquarters of Combined Publishing are located midway between Valley Forge and
the Germantown battlefield, on the outskirts of Philadelphia. From its beginnings, our
company has been steeped in the oldest traditions of American military history and
publishing. Our historic surroundings help maintain our focus on military history and
our books strive to uphold the standards of style, quality and durability first established
by the earliest bookmakers of Germantown and Philadelphia so many years ago. Our
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could only be achieved through a "combined" effort by authors, publishers and readers.
We have always tried to maintain maximum communication between these three key
players in the reading experience.

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Copyright © 1998 Combined Publishing
"The Huascar Incident" Copyright © Andrew Smith

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Greene, Jack.

Ironclads at War : the origin and development of the armored warship, 1854-1891 / Jack

Greene, Allessandro Massignani.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p.) and index.

ISBN 0-938289-58-6

1. Naval history, modern—19th Century. 2. Armored vessels—History—19th century.
3. United States—History—Civil War, 1861-1865—Naval operations. 4. Armored vessels—
United States—History—19th century. 5. United States—History, Naval—To 1900.
I. Massignani, Alessandro. II. Tide.

D362.G74 1998

97-47185

359.8'35—dc21

CIP

Printed in the United States of America.
Maps by Beth Queman