Naval Firepower

"For more than half a century the big gun was the arbiter of naval power, but it was useless if it could not hit the target fast and hard enough to prevent the enemy doing the same." "This illustrated book outlines for the first time in layman's terms the complex subject of fire-control, as it dominated battleship and cruiser design from before World War I to the end of the dreadnought era. Covering the directors, range-finders, and electro-mechanical computers invented to solve the problems, naval analyst Norman Friedman explains not only how the technology shaped (and was shaped by) the tactics involved, but analyses their effectiveness in battle."--BOOK JACKET.Friedman, Norman is the author of 'Naval Firepower', published 2008 under ISBN 9781591145554 and ISBN 1591145554.