The Secret War"The 1939-45 War was a struggle as much between scientists as fighting men. The need, on both sides, to counter the enemy's technological ingenuity was a spur to scientific invention. The BBC1 television programmes looked at six key areas of the 'back-room' secret war. Brian Johnson, who produced the series, has expanded them for his book"--Dust jacket. |
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User Review - Miro - LibraryThingBrian Johnson was a BBC science writer and in The Secret War he looks at the Second World War from the viewpoint of a war between the scientists and technologists of the two sides. Arguably it was the ... Read full review
Contents
Introduction A Letter from Oslo | 9 |
The Battle of the Beams | 11 |
Radar | 63 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | The Secret War |
| Author | Brian Johnson |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Methuen, 1978 |
| ISBN | 0458933406, 9780458933402 |
| Length | 352 pages |
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