Command at Sea : : Naval Command and Control since the Sixteenth Century / / Michael A. Palmer.
In this grand history of naval warfare, Palmer observes five centuries of dramatic encounters under sail and steam. From reliance on signal flags in the seventeenth century to satellite communications in the twenty-first, admirals looked to the next advance in technology as the one that would allow...
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Palmer, Michael A., author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Command at Sea : Naval Command and Control since the Sixteenth Century / Michael A. Palmer. Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2009] ©2007 1 online resource (400 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Contents -- Battle Maps -- Prologue: A Regular Confusion -- 1. Land Warfare Afloat: Before 1650 -- 2. The Anglo-Dutch Wars -- 3. At the Dawn of the Enlightenment -- 4. The Conundrum of the Line Ahead -- 5. The Advent of Numerary Signaling Systems -- 6. The Zenith of the Age of Fighting Sail -- 7. The Age of Steam through the Great War -- 8. From 1918 through the Second World War -- 9. The Cold War and Beyond -- Conclusion: The Crucial Paradox of Knowledge -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star In this grand history of naval warfare, Palmer observes five centuries of dramatic encounters under sail and steam. From reliance on signal flags in the seventeenth century to satellite communications in the twenty-first, admirals looked to the next advance in technology as the one that would allow them to control their forces. But while abilities to communicate improved, Palmer shows how other technologies simultaneously shrank admirals' windows of decision. The result was simple, if not obvious: naval commanders have never had sufficient means or time to direct subordinates in battle. Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 27. Sep 2021) Command and control systems History. Electronic books local. Naval history, Modern. HISTORY / Military / Naval. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 (Canada) 9783110756067 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Harvard University Press eBook Package Backlist 2000-2013 9783110442205 print 9780674024113 https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674041912 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674041912 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780674041912/original |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Battle Maps -- Prologue: A Regular Confusion -- 1. Land Warfare Afloat: Before 1650 -- 2. The Anglo-Dutch Wars -- 3. At the Dawn of the Enlightenment -- 4. The Conundrum of the Line Ahead -- 5. The Advent of Numerary Signaling Systems -- 6. The Zenith of the Age of Fighting Sail -- 7. The Age of Steam through the Great War -- 8. From 1918 through the Second World War -- 9. The Cold War and Beyond -- Conclusion: The Crucial Paradox of Knowledge -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index |
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