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The U.S. Navy and innovation : twentieth century case studies / edited by Peter C. Luebke ; foreword by Secretary of the Navy Carlso Del Toro.
- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Series:
- Contributions to naval history ; no. 10.
- Contributions to naval history ; no. 10
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States. Navy--History--20th century.
- United States.
- United States. Navy.
- Naval art and science--Technological innovations--United States--History--20th century.
- Naval art and science.
- Naval art and science--Technological innovations--United States--Case studies.
- Naval art and science--Technological innovations.
- Genre:
- Case studies
- History
- Case studies.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (viii, 158 pages) : illustrations, maps.
- Edition:
- U.S. Government official edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, DC : Naval History and Heritage Command, Department of the Navy, 2024.
- Summary:
- "This volume represents a collective effort by the Naval History and Heritage Command to share the stories of naval innovation and the innovators themselves amid the great power struggles of the twentieth century. The eight case studies that follow cover nearly the full span of the century, ranging from the naval arms race prior to World War I to the Navy's strategy renaissance of the 1980s. Presenting innovations achieved and implemented both during wartime and outside it, each case study includes examples of changes in doctrine and strategy. Several show the complex interplay between the two"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Foreword / Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro
- Introduction / Peter C. Luebke
- Skeerd-o'-nothin': innovating battleship design in the age of the dreadnought / John E. Fahey
- Command and cooperation: innovating unity of command in the Caribbean Sea frontier, 1942-1943 / Martin R. Waldman
- Innovating fire support: the development of naval surface gunfire support in the Pacific during World War II / Nicholas K. Roland
- The genesis of underwater demolition teams in the Pacific in World War II: innovating special warfare / Guy J. Nasuti
- Innovating fleet air defense: the U.S. fleet and kamikaze attacks, 1944-1945 / Shawn R. Woodford
- The wild weasel that wasn't: innovating counter-radar tactics and the suppression of enemy air defenses during the Korean War / Peter C. Luebke
- The individual innovating: Raye Jean Jordan Montague, pioneering ship designer, engineer, and mentor / Regina T. Akers
- Innovating policy: the maritime strategy and the Navy in the 1980s / Ryan A. Peeks.
- Notes:
- In scope of the U.S. Government Publishing Office Cataloging and Indexing Program (C&I) and Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP).
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Online resource; title from PDF title page (NHHC website, viewed Nov. 6, 2024).
- Other Format:
- Print version: U.S. Navy and innovation.
- ISBN:
- 9781943604906
- 1943604908
- OCLC:
- 1381208669
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