Learning war : the evolution of fighting doctrine in the U.S. Navy, 1898-1945
Trent Hone (Author)
"Learning War examines the U.S. Navy's doctrinal development from 1898-1945 and explains why the Navy in that era was so successful as an organization at fostering innovation. Trent Hone argues that the Navy created a sophisticated learning system in the early years of the twentieth century that led to repeated innovations in the development of surface warfare tactics and doctrine. This book draws profoundly important conclusions that give new insight, not only into how the Navy succeeded in becoming the best naval force in the world, but also into how modern organizations can exploit today's rapid technological and social changes in their pursuit of success."-- Provided by publisher
Print Book, English, 2022
Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Maryland, 2022
Case studies
xx, 402 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
9781682478363, 168247836X
1303032542
Prologue: complex adaptive systems and military doctrine
A professional officer corps
The gunnery system
Plans and doctrine before World War I
The interwar learning system
Heuristics at Guadalcanal
The CIC
Victory in the Pacific
Epilogue: the cost of war