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Command at sea : naval command and control since the sixteenth century / Michael A. Palmer.
Author
Palmer, Michael A.
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Format
Book
Language
English
Published/Created
Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2005.
Description
1 online resource (377 pages) : illustrations
Availability
Available Online
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Ebook Central Perpetual, DDA and Subscription Titles
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Subject(s)
Command and control systems
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History
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Naval history, Modern
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Summary note
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.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-360) and index.
Source of description
Print version record.
Contents
A regular confusion
Land warfare afloat: before 1650
The Anglo-Dutch wars
At the dawn of the enlightenment
The conundrum of the line ahead
The advent of numerary signaling systems
The zenith of the age of fighting sail
The age of steam through the great war
From 1918 through the second world war
The cold war and beyond
The crucial paradox of knowledge.
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ISBN
9780674041912 ((electronic bk.))
0674041917 ((electronic bk.))
OCLC
434003851
Doi
10.4159/9780674041912
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Command at sea [electronic resource] : naval command and control since the sixteenth century / Michael A. Palmer.
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