Michael A. Palmer
Autor de Lee Moves North: Robert E. Lee on the Offensive
Sobre El Autor
Michael A. Palmer is Professor of History, East Carolina University.
Obras de Michael A. Palmer
Guardians of the Gulf: A History of America's Expanding Role in the Persian Gulf, 1833-1992 (1992) 29 copias
Origins of the maritime strategy: American naval strategy in the first postwar decade (Contributions to naval history) (1988) 19 copias
Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1965
- Género
- male
- Nacionalidad
- USA
- País (para mapa)
- USA
- Educación
- Temple University
Miembros
Reseñas
Listas
Premios
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Estadísticas
- Obras
- 11
- Miembros
- 261
- Popularidad
- #88,099
- Valoración
- 3.4
- Reseñas
- 1
- ISBNs
- 28
Due to the relative paucity of battles in the age of mechanized warships Palmer has rather less to say once he exits the Age of Nelson, though he does complete his work by musing on the problematic nature of “joint” warfare in the modern age, and the efforts to further centralize command structures on the basis of burgeoning communications technology, whether or not they make sense.
As for who this book is meant for, if you’ve read extensively in the history of naval warfare you might find this study a bit redundant. It would make a fine assigned text for a class on the general history of war, or of naval warfare.… (más)