Innovating Victory: Naval Technology in Three Wars

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This book relates the development and use of six important and successful technologies, but to focus on success might give the false impression that every invention has a use, or that every use has a lasting purpose, or even that technologies with the strongest pedigrees and the most clearly defined uses will continued to be relevant.

Seaplanes encompass floatplanes—airplanes kept afloat by attached pontoons—and flying boats—in which the airplane’s fuselage acts as the float. Neither ProQuest nor its licensors make any representations or warranties with respect to the translations. This study, then, looks at how six technologies facilitated and frustrated navies in their pursuit of victory.A poor condition book can still make a good reading copy but is generally not collectible unless the item is very scarce. To the best of our knowledge, such a broad and structured look at naval technology as a process viewed through the lens of specific application has never been done. During the Cold War’s long and grim decades, navies integrated new technologies such as nuclear power, missiles, and computers. In relation to the torpedo, the authors conclude that: “It is likely to be a part of naval arsenals for years to come and to experience more permutations before the concept is finally obsolete.

In the course of doing so, the authors tell how these "six technologies facilitated and frustrated navies in their pursuit of victory" (p. Kuehn, professor of Military History, US Army Command and General Staff College and author of America's First General Staff: A Short History of the Rise and Fall of the General Board of the U.

It is not our intention to judge how such technologies might fare in a future war; instead, the purpose of this book is to consider basic principles. O'Hara's work has also appeared in periodicals and annuals including Naval History, Naval War College Review, Warship, MHQ, World War II Magazine, World War II Quarterly, Seaforth Naval Review, American in WWII, WWII History, and Storia Militare. By 1944, synthetic rubber plants were producing around 800,000 tons of material annually for the war effort.

Using technology well is difficult because technology can harm as well as help; one side’s perceived technological superiority can be exploited by an adept opponent and turned to its own advantage. The same is true of electromagnetic technology and even of advances in the sciences of metallurgy and chemistry that had direct applications to armor and explosives. O’Hara and Heinz provide a very even analysis, emphasizing that technical advancement, in and of itself, is not enough to implement innovation. discuss how navies developed doctrine and incorporated ancillary technologies to improve the core technology’s effectiveness.In most cases this occurred after the war in which discovery took place, although submarines passed through both a discovery phase and an evolution phase during World War I, and radar did the same in World War II. C warming, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change recommends halving emissions by 2030, and reaching net zero by 2050*. At every turn Americans seemed to need more of everything—more supplies, bigger bombs, faster airplanes, better medical treatments, and more precise communications.