Top Secret Exchange: The Tizard Mission and the Scientific War

by David Zimmerman

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Zimmerman traces the early development of the mission from Britain's initial attempts at technical cooperation in World War I and unsuccessful efforts to restart it in the late 1930s. He highlights Winston Churchill's prominent, yet remarkably inconsistent, role in the story and the often tumultuous diplomatic relations with the Roosevelt administration. Among the secrets Britain revealed was the cavity magnetron, which made microwave radar possible...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0773514015

ISBN13:9780773514010

Release Date:May 1996

Publisher:McGill-Queen's University Press

Length:252 Pages

Weight:1.25 lbs.

Dimensions:1.1" x 6.3" x 9.0"

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