Innovating victory : naval technology in three wars /Vincent P. O'Hara, Leonard R. Heinz.

"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 does this by examining six core technologies fundamental to twentieth-century naval warfare: two platforms (submarines and aircraft), two new weapons (torpedoes and mines), and two tools (radio and radar). Each chapter considers the state of a subject technology when it was first used in war and what navies expected of it. It then explores the way navies discovered and developed the technology's best use, in may cases exceeding expectations."--Provided by publisher.