@article{1478646,
      recid = {1478646},
      author = {Palmer, Michael A., },
      title = {Command at Sea : Naval Command and Control since the  Sixteenth Century /},
      pages = {1 online resource (400 p.)},
      abstract = {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 them to control their forces. But while  abilities to communicate improved, Palmer shows how other  technologies simultaneously shrank admirals' windows of  decision. The result was simple, if not obvious: naval  commanders have never had sufficient means or time to  direct subordinates in battle.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1478646},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674041912},
}