Clad in iron : the American Civil War and the challenge of British naval power / Howard J. Fuller ; foreword by Robert J. Schneller, Jr.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [357]-386) and index.

Foreword / Robert J. Schneller, Jr. -- Part 1. Deterring Columbia: British Naval Supremacy -- Chapter 1. An Ironclad Race with France -- Chapter 2. Industry and Conversion Problems -- Chapter 3. Enter Captain Coles -- Chapter 4. The Specter of Modern Coastal Defense and Assault -- Chapter 5. Two Ironclad Adversaries: The Confederacy and Great Britain -- Chapter 6. Building the Monitor -- Chapter 7. Effect of the Trent Affair -- Chapter 8. Congress Debates the "20 Ironclad Gunboats" -- Part 2. The Fulcrum of Hampton Roads -- Chapter 9. Hampton Roads and Its Consequences -- Chapter 10. Super-Monitors, Super-Guns -- Chapter 11. Ericsson, the Navy, and Control of the Union Ironclad Program -- Chapter 12. British Reactions to Hampton Roads and the "Monitor Riddle" -- Chapter 13. Enter E. J. Reed, Naval Architect -- Chapter 14. Palmerston's Policy -- Part 3. Deterring Britannia: The Trent Affair Reversed -- Chapter 15. Coles Loses Ground -- Chapter 16. The Practical Concerns against British Intervention -- Chapter 17. Summer of 1862: The Tide Turns against the Union -- Chapter 18. The Passaic Crisis -- Chapter 19. Shifting Ironclad Confidence -- Chapter 20. Regaining the Strategic Initiative? -- Culmination and Consequence: "The Fiery Focus"