Title: Getting the message through :
Authors: Raines, Rebecca Robbins,; Center of Military History.
Date: 1996
Publisher: Center of Military History, U.S. Army :
Physical description: xix, 464 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Language: English
LC classification: U
Abstract: Getting the Message Through, the companion volume to Rebecca Robbins Raines' Signal Corps, traces the evolution of the corps from the appointment of the first signal officer on the eve of the Civil War, through its stages of growth and change, to its service in Operation DESERT SHIELD/DESERT STORM. Raines highlights not only the increasingly specialized nature of warfare and the rise of sophisticated communications technology, but also such diverse missions as weather reporting and military aviation. Information dominance in the form of superior communications is considered to be sine qua non to modern warfare. As Raines ably shows, the Signal Corps--once considered by some Army officers to be of little or no military value--and the communications it provides have become integral to all aspects of military operations on modern digitized battlefields. The volume is an invaluable reference source for anyone interested in the institutional history of the branch.
Contents: The birth of the Signal Corps -- Weathering the postwar years -- From the tropics to the arctic -- The Signal Corps takes to the air -- World War I -- Between the world wars -- World War II: establishing the circuits of victory -- World War II: theaters of war -- The Cold War, Korea, and the cosmos -- The Vietnam conflict -- Signaling ahead -- Appendixes. Chief Signal officers and their successors -- Chiefs of signal.
Notes: Shipping list no.: 1996-0275-P.
Subject headings (LCSH): United States. Army--Communication systems--History.