Rise of the War Machines

The Birth of Precision Bombing in World War II
Erscheinungsjahr 2022
ISBN: 978-1-68247-436-5
Verlag: Naval Institute Press

Buch, Englisch, 352 Seiten, Hardback, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Reihe: History of Military Aviation

Rise of the War Machines: The Birth of Precision Bombing in World War II examines the rise of autonomy in air warfare from the inception of powered flight through the first phase of the Combined Bomber Offensive in World War II. Raymond P. O'Mara builds a conceptual model of humans, machines, and doctrine that demonstrates a distinctly new way of waging warfare in human-machine teams. Specifically, O'Mara examines how the U.S. Army's quest to control the complex technological and doctrinal system necessary to execute the strategic bombing mission led to the development of automation in warfare.

Rise of the War Machines further explores how the process of sharing both physical and cognitive control of the precision bombing system established distinct human-machine teams with complex human-to- human and human-to-machine social relationships. O'Mara presents the precision bombing system as distinctly socio-technical, constructed of interdependent specially trained roles (the pilot, navigator, and bombardier); purpose-built automated machines (the Norden bombsight, specialized navigation tools, and the Minneapolis-Honeywell C-1 Autopilot); and the high-altitude, daylight bombing doctrine, all of which mutually shaped each other's creation and use.

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Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Militärgeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Militärwesen Ausrüstung & Waffen

Über Autor(innen)

Raymond P. O'Mara retired from the U.S. Air Force in 2016 as a colonel, having flown the F-15 in operations and operational test assignments. Following his retirement, he worked in commercial aerospace and advanced technology startup companies and is an independent defense and technology consultant. He earned his PhD in Technology, Policy, and Engineering Systems from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.