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Fighting in the dark - Ohara, Vincent P Hone, Trent
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Fighting in the dark
Type : Books
SKU: VV1608634
ISBN: 9781399030519
Pages: 352
Format: 163 x 240 x 28
Cover: Hardback
Year: 2023
Publisher: Неизвестно (Neizvestno)
Your Price: $223.31
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Краткая аннотация:
Fighting in the Dark is a new book about naval combat at night; the title also, however, signifies the overarching theme of the book, of moving from dark to light: in short, the process of mastering technological change during war. The authors start with the proposition that it is hard to hit an invisible target, particularly one in motion. In the nineteenth century, when ships relied upon visual signalling and vessels beyond hailing range were deaf and mute in the dark, night battles at sea were rare and largely accidental. Three inventions changed this: the torpedo, the searchlight, and the radio. These inventions at the end of the nineteenth and start of the twentieth centuries transformed naval warfare by making combat in the dark feasible and in some cases, desirable. The process by which navies used the dark and adapted it into a medium for effective combat was long and difficult, more so for some than others. This book is about that process and about how Ru |
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