Command at Sea: Naval Command and Control since the Sixteenth Century

✍ Scribed by Michael A. Palmer

• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Year: 2009
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 389
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

In a grand history of naval warfare, Palmer observes five centuries of dramatic encounters under sail and steam, demonstrating that while abilities to communicate improved, 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.

✦ Table of Contents

Contents
Battle Maps
Prologue: A Regular Confusion
1. Land Warfare Afloat: Before 1650
2. The Anglo-Dutch Wars
3. At the Dawn of the Enlightenment
4. The Conundrum of the Line Ahead
5. The Advent of Numerary Signaling Systems
6. The Zenith of the Age of Fighting Sail
7. The Age of Steam through the Great War
8. From 1918 through the Second World War
9. The Cold War and Beyond
Conclusion: The Crucial Paradox of Knowledge
Notes
Acknowledgments
Index