Mr. Lincoln's T-Mails: The Untold Story of how Abraham Lincoln Used the Telegraph to Win the Civil War by Tom Wheeler
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This was definitely up my alley. History. Technology. OLD OBsolete technology-that-parallels modern issues... and it was worth reading. Not as riveting as The Victorian Internet, but still a good book to point out interesting parallels with current events and issues vis a vis technology, policy and war.
The Civil War was the first "modern war." Because of the rapid changes in American society, Abraham Lincoln became president of a divided United States during a period of technological and social revolution. Among the many modern marvels that gave the North an advantage was the telegraph, which Lincoln used to stay connected to the forces in the field in almost real time....
This was definitely up my alley. History. Technology. OLD OBsolete technology-that-parallels modern issues... and it was worth reading. Not as riveting as The Victorian Internet, but still a good book to point out interesting parallels with current events and issues vis a vis technology, policy and war.
