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020 $a0674016815 (alk. paper)
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035 $a(NNC)5267321
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050 00 $aVB212$b.P36 2005
082 00 $a359.3/3041/0903$222
100 1 $aPalmer, Michael A.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n86065523
245 10 $aCommand at sea :$bnaval command and control since the sixteenth century /$cMichael A. Palmer.
260 $aCambridge, Mass. :$bHarvard University Press,$c2005.
300 $a377 pages :$bplans ;$c25 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 325-360) and index.
505 00 $tPrologue : a regular confusion -- $g1.$tLand warfare afloat : before 1650 -- $g2.$tThe Anglo-Dutch wars -- $g3.$tAt the dawn of the Enlightenment -- $g4.$tThe conundrum of the line ahead -- $g5.$tThe advent of numerary signaling systems -- $g6.$tThe zenith of the age of fighting sail -- $g7.$tThe age of steam through the Great War -- $g8.$tFrom 1918 through the Second World War -- $g9.$tThe Cold War and beyond -- $tConclusion : the crucial paradox of knowledge.
520 1 $a"In this grand history of naval warfare, Michael 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, other technologies simultaneously shrank admirals' windows of decision. As a result, naval commanders have never had sufficient means or time to direct subordinates in battle."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aCommand and control systems$xHistory.
650 0 $aNaval history, Modern.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85090386
852 00 $bglx$hVB212$i.P36 2005