Command at sea : naval command and control since the sixteenth century /

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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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Palmer, Michael A. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2005.
Temas:
Command and control systems > History.
Naval history, Modern.
Commandement militaire > Histoire.
Histoire navale moderne et contemporaine.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Military Science.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Marine & Naval.
HISTORY > Military > Naval.
Command and control systems
Naval history, Modern
Maritieme geschiedenis (wetenschap)
Zeeslagen.
Commanderen.
Communicatiemiddelen.
Sjökrigshistoria.
Operationskonst (militärväsen)
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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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