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Forward
Following the success of the proceeding, A history of the two navies of the American Civil war, 1860-1865*, it was decided to attempt a follow up work dealing with Confederate naval history up until the present day. As it was realized the sheer amount of work required it was decided to split the work into two volumes, this tome dealing with the Confederate navy immediately following their war with the Union, and concluding prior to the second world war. While a follow up work would deal with the CSN during the second world war and into the modern age.
What followed was several years of work, fortunately in making the earlier work we had managed to gain the trust of both the Confederate government, as well as the Unions famously prickly department of defense. These constitute our primary sources, though also the British, French, Soviet, German and other records were consulted where applicable.

Contents

Introduction

Summary of History

The post war fleet

The coastal Ironclads

Oceangoing fleet

The Steel Battleships

June Ecole takes over

Cruiser mania takes hold

A battle line at last

The naval arms race

Dreadnoughts

Super Dreadnoughts

The great war

Great plans

The Washington Naval Treaty

Reconstruction of the fleet

New designs

Afterward


*a made up in universe book.
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