ABOUT THIS BOOK

The book tells of Stephen R. Mallory's support of naval inventions, strategy, and ideas. It also sheds light on the the successes and failures of Jefferson Davis. Durkin gives a well-balanced biography of Mallory and his life in the Confederate navy.

AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY

Joseph T. Durkin, S.J., was a Professor of History at Georgetown University and editor of John Dooley, Confederate Soldier: His War Journal.

REVIEWS

"Mallory . . . directed the Confederate navy department with a great deal of skill and, in the Davis cabinet, was second in ability only to Judah P. Benjamin. For [his] difficult job he was better fitted than any other Southern politician, and he made policy with a laudable imagination. . . . The author has constructed a well-proportioned biography."--Mississippi Valley Historical Review

— -

"Mallory was willing to back naval inventions, strategy, and ideas, undeterred by newness. The successes and failures of Confederate naval innovations require a precise balancing in order to determine Mallory's place in history. To a considerable extent this has been done by Father Durkin. . . . [Confederate Navy Chief also] throws much light on the larger subject of the successes and failures of Jefferson Davis." --The Journal of Southern History

— -

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Contents
Preface 000
Introduction 000
1. Key West Prelude 000
2. United States Senator 000
3. Breaking In At Washington 000
4. Naval Affairs 000
5. Problems: Domestic, Sectional, and International 000
6. An End and A Beginning 000
7. Wanted: A Navy and A Policy 000
8. First Successes and Failures 000
9. The Virginia . . . Norfolk . . . New Orleans . . . Richmond 
000
10. The Naval Investigating Board 000
11. Vicksburg, Torpedoes, and Submarines 000
12. 1864 000
13. . . . And 1865 000
14. Fort Lafayette 000
15. A New Beginning 000
Critical Bibliography 000