Dreadnought gunnery and the Battle of Jutland : the question of fire control /

This new book reviews critically recent studies of fire control, and describes the essentials of naval gunnery in the dreadnought era.With a foreword by Professor Andrew Lambert, it shows how, in 1913, the Admiralty rejected Arthur Pollen's Argo system for the Dreyer fire control tables. Many n...

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מחבר ראשי: Brooks, John, 1942-
פורמט: Licensed eBooks
שפה:אנגלית
יצא לאור: London ; New York : Routledge, 2005.
סדרה:Cass series--naval policy and history ; 32.
גישה מקוונת:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=115519
תוכן הענינים:
  • BOOK COVER; HALF-TITLE; SERIES-TITLE; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; DEDICATION; CONTENTS; ILLUSTRATIONS; FOREWORD; PREFACE; 1 OLD CONTROVERSIES, NEW HISTORIES; 2 LONG-RANGE NAVAL GUNNERY; 3 PROGRESS IN GUNNERY; 4 A.C. AND ARGO; 5 THE DREYER TABLES; 6 INFLUENCES AND CHOICES; 7 INTO BATTLE; 8 JUTLAND AND AFTER; 9 AN EXCEPTIONAL CASE; APPENDIX; SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX