Technological advantage in warfare is often due to integration and codevelopment with other technologies. A good book, providing historical case studies on the process and effects of naval technical innovations. These lesser wars showed that modern technology defeats World War II technology—although, given the successes of Argentina’s iron bombs and Iran’s moored contact mines, it is a lesson with an asterisk.

discuss how navies developed doctrine and incorporated ancillary technologies to improve the core technology’s effectiveness. To make sure enough of these vehicles would be available for the war, the Army awarded production contracts to all three companies, with Ford and Willys making the majority. Seventy-six years on, we are again in great need of technological solutions – and time is once again of the essence.A poor condition book can still make a good reading copy but is generally not collectible unless the item is very scarce. Innovating Victory: Naval Technology in Three Wars, studies how the world's navies incorporated new technologies into their ships, their practices, and their doctrine.

It also had to be able to climb a 45-degree slope fully loaded and make it through water up to 18 inches deep. Many of these innovations transformed the very nature of warfare for future generations and also had a significant impact on the lives of civilians as well. He had to account for these threats with only speculation and imagination to inform his countermeasures.He holds a history degree from the University of California, Berkeley, and lives in Chula Vista, California. This book examines six specific technologies that came of age in twentieth-century naval warfare and considers the way navies applied these technologies and adapted to their use. Given the limitations of the cases presented here, the authors did a commendable job of creating an accessible and readable volume that points out some potential pitfalls to avoid and techniques for developing technological advantage in wartime.