The lead chapter, “Use, Doctrine, Innovation” provides an overview of the previously mentioned human factors. The book is organized into eight chapters. This would help answer the question of whether those principles were generalizable enough to apply developing technology today. The authors also wanted to know whether any identified principles led to victory irrespective of the time in history or the specific technology pursued. The goal was to divine any principles that governed the process and determine whether those principles applied across platforms, technologies, and nations. Aside from the specific technologies, the book also considers the effects of human factors such as prior established practice, politics, and policy. The guiding idea was to focus, not on technical details but to explore “the process by which each technology’s possibilities were first recognized, tested, then used, or not used, to best advantage” (2). O’Hara and Heinz studied the development of weapons (mines and torpedoes), tools (radio and radar), and platforms (submarines and aircraft). The authors use their expertise to explore six case studies that analyze technological developments in the twentieth century. In this latest book, Innovating Victory: Naval Technology in Three Wars, O’Hara has teamed up with Leonard Heinz, an experienced designer of wargames and simulations with emphasis on tactical naval problems. O’Hara is the author or co-author of more than 10 books, mainly on topics of World War I and II naval warfare. Innovating Victory: Naval Technology in Three Wars by Vincent P.
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