Churchill's war lab : code-breakers, scientists, and the mavericks Churchill led to victory / Taylor Downing.
2011
DA566.9.C5 D68 2011 (Mapit)
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Churchill's war lab : code-breakers, scientists, and the mavericks Churchill led to victory / Taylor Downing.
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ISBN
9781590205655
1590205650
1590205650
Publication Details
New York : Overlook Press, 2011, c2010.
Language
English
Description
xviii, 397 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Call Number
DA566.9.C5 D68 2011
Dewey Decimal Classification
940.54/8641092 B
Summary
Analyzes the role of Churchill's passion for military history in shaping his wartime innovations and strategies, offering insight into his unique leadership style and patronization of radical new ideas to enable unprecedented technological advances.
Note
Originally published: London : Little, Brown, 2010.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
Preparation: the army and the navy
Preparation: the war and the wilderness
Action this day
Spitfire summer
The wizard war
The generals
The admirals
Bombing
Overlord
Victory and defeat
Churchill's war.
Preparation: the war and the wilderness
Action this day
Spitfire summer
The wizard war
The generals
The admirals
Bombing
Overlord
Victory and defeat
Churchill's war.