Episode 010 - The Story Of The Ironclads, Part 1

(57 mins). A close look at the history of the first battle between ironclad warships: the battle at Hampton Roads between the USS Monitor and the CSS Virginia (aka the USS Merrimac).

Part 1 concerns the reasons why ironclad warships became necessary, and it uses the career of brilliant Monitor designer John Ericcson to illustrate the problem that great minds typically encounter when they live in a world that's dominated by mediocrity.


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