{"product_id":"information-at-sea-timothy-s-wolters-9781421410265","title":"Information at Sea: Shipboard Command and Control in the U.S. Navy, from Mobile Bay to Okinawa","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis is the first book to explore information management at sea as practiced by the U.S. Navy from the Civil War to World War II.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe brain of a modern warship is its combat information center (CIC). Data about friendly and enemy forces pour into this nerve center, contributing to command decisions about firing, maneuvering, and coordinating. Timothy S. Wolters has written the first book to investigate the history of the CIC and the many other command and control systems adopted by the U.S. Navy from the Civil War to World War II. What institutional ethos spurred such innovation? \u003ci\u003eInformation at Sea\u003c\/i\u003e tells the fascinating stories of the naval and civilian personnel who developed an array of technologies for managing information at sea, from signal flares and radio to encryption machines and radar.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWolters uses previously untapped archival sources to explore how one of America's most technologically oriented institutions addressed information management before the advent of the digital computer. He argues that the human-machine systems used to coordinate forces were as critical to naval successes in World War II as the ships and commanders more familiar to historians.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Timothy S. Wolters\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1421410265\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781421410265\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Johns Hopkins University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.23lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.10w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2014","brand":"Timothy S. Wolters","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48449574404351,"sku":"9781421410265","price":60.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9262e6ba-2475-4e75-9f6e-cec835ab86a4.jpg?v=1777263992","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/information-at-sea-timothy-s-wolters-9781421410265","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}