Command at sea : naval command and control since the sixteenth century /
Palmer, Michael A.
Cambridge, Mass. ; London : Harvard University Press,
2005.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 325-360) and index.
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.
Command and control systems
Naval history, Modern.