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Missed signals on the Western Front : how the slow adoption of wireless restricted British strategy and operations in World War I / Mike Bullock and Laurence A. Lyons.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bullock, Mike, 1939-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Great Britain. Army--History--World War, 1914-1918.
- Great Britain.
- Great Britain. Army.
- World War, 1914-1918--Campaigns--Western Front.
- World War, 1914-1918.
- World War, 1914-1918--Communications.
- World War, 1914-1918--Technology.
- Wireless communication systems--Great Britain--History.
- Wireless communication systems.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 228 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson, N.C : McFarland & Co., [2010]
- Summary:
- "This work points primarily to the British Army's institutional bias against wireless communication as the technology's downfall, reinforced by the crude, unreliable wireless sets with which the army began the war. It also demonstrates how improved wireless communications between infantry, command, artillery and air observation could have improved the flexibility, accuracy and effectiveness of British strategy"--Provided by publisher.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780786449378
- 0786449373
- OCLC:
- 601049167
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