Command at sea [electronic resource] : naval command and control since the sixteenth century / Michael A. Palmer.

In this grand history of naval warfare, 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...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via De Gruyter)
Main Author:	Palmer, Michael A. (Author)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2005.
Subjects:	Command and control systems > History. Naval history, Modern. Command and control systems. History.