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Command at sea : naval command and control since the sixteenth century / Michael A. Palmer.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Palmer, Michael A.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Command and control systems--History.
- Command and control systems.
- Naval history, Modern.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (377 pages) : illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2005.
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-360) and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the John Penman Wood Library Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9780674041912 (electronic bk.)
- 0674041917 (electronic bk.)
- Publisher Number:
- 99996123004
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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