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- Bruships 241: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:19:55Choosing a Star Trek era by command riskQ&A
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- Piet Pieterszoon Hein: Dutchman who took a Spanish Silver Fleet4:16Why Hein's two-sided broadside attack proved fatalNotable Point
- Piet Pieterszoon Hein: Dutchman who took a Spanish Silver Fleet28:22Managing rank and rivalry in a mixed Dutch fleetNotable Point
- Piet Pieterszoon Hein: Dutchman who took a Spanish Silver Fleet46:09Piet Hein's approach to command and riskNotable Point
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- What happens to WWI if the Royal Navy got a full Admiralty Staff when the General Staff came to be?2:11:12Why German battlecruiser losses could have lasting effectsNotable Point
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- Admiral Kempenfelt: Communication Infrastructure in the Age of Sail,3:42Why larger fleets made signal ambiguity dangerousNotable Point
- Admiral Kempenfelt: Communication Infrastructure in the Age of Sail,14:34Making Sir Charles Hardy's fleet functionNotable Point
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- Admiral Kempenfelt: Communication Infrastructure in the Age of Sail,37:22Kempenfelt's legacy: communication as command infrastructureChapter
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- Why the Admirals and Staff of Star Treks Star Fleet cause me pain...51:12Data's command versus flagship watchkeepingNotable Point
- Why the Admirals and Staff of Star Treks Star Fleet cause me pain...59:11Bad admirals as a narrative foil for good captainsNotable Point
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- John Jervis, Earl St Vincent: Permanently Angry before it was fashionable…27:32Flag captain, fleet staff, and command at seaNotable Point
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- Admiral Rodney: One of the shoulders that raised up Horatio Nelson... Naval History Live!2:16:43How Rodney's seniority might have changed ChesapeakeNotable Point
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- David Farragut: Leadership Becomes Him24:46Distributed command and coalition memoryNotable Point
- David Farragut: Leadership Becomes Him41:25The challenge of leading inexperienced mixed forcesNotable Point
- David Farragut: Leadership Becomes Him1:22:39The Union's rare complete command candidateNotable Point
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- The Admiralty: A Contest of Leadership with Management... Naval History Live1:22:38Russell chose maneuverable flagships for battle commandNotable Point
- The Admiralty: A Contest of Leadership with Management... Naval History Live2:42:21The captain of the fleet acted as an admiral's chief of staffNotable Point
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- David Farragut: Leadership from Roll Models & Experience2:02:18Why Farragut chose USS Hartford as his flagshipNotable Point
- David Farragut: Leadership from Roll Models & Experience2:36:21Formal and effective command diverge at VicksburgNotable Point
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- David Farragut: Leadership from Roll Models & Experience3:19:54Farragut climbs for a commander's viewNotable Point
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- Fleets of the Battle of Actium(31BC)29:48The commanders behind Actium's two battle linesNotable Point
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