Paper Promises, Heavy Realities - Part 1: The Foundational Sin of the Drafting Table
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Analyzes ancient and classical engineering failures where pride overrode physics.
Disaster Analysis
The Devil’s Jaw – Part 2: The Trial of Tradition and the Nelsonian Imperative
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The aftermath of the Honda Point disaster, including the court martial and the establishment of new naval principles for leadership and safety.
The Devil’s Jaw: A Post-Mortem of the Navy’s Greatest Peacetime Disaster
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A historical analysis of the Honda Point disaster, examining the systemic failures that led to the greatest peacetime naval tragedy in U.S. history.
The Devil’s Jaw – Part 1: Momentum, Mist, and the Death of Squadron 11
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Exploring the events leading to the Honda Point disaster and the systemic failures that caused seven destroyers to wreck on the California coast.
The Shock Doctrine of Progress: How Crisis Forges the Future
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Exploring how systemic crises accelerate innovation and reshape societies through destruction and reconstruction.
The Anchors of Hubris – Part 3: Iron Rails and Stationary Dreams
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The story of the CSS Georgia, an ironclad built from railroad tracks that became a stationary relic.
The Anchors of Hubris – Part 2: The Paper Fortress of the Adriatic
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Examining the compromises in Austro-Hungarian battleship design that led to their vulnerability.