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020 _a9781408702055 (hbk.)
020 _a1408702053 (hbk.)
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100 1 _aDowning, Taylor.
245 1 0 _aChurchill's war lab :
_bcode-breakers, boffins and innovators : the mavericks Churchill led to victory /
_cTaylor Downing.
260 _aLondon :
_bLittle, Brown,
_c2010.
300 _axviii, 397 p. :
_bill. ;
_c25 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aPreparation: 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.
520 _a"As a young boy he re-enacted historic battles with toy soldiers, as a soldier he saw action on three continents and as the Prime Minister only a direct edict from King George VI could keep him from joining the troops on D-Day. Churchill's War Lab will reveal how Churchill's passion for military history, his unique leadership style and his patronization of radical new ideas would lead to new technology and new tactics that would save lives and enable an Allied victory. No war generated more incredible theories, more technical advances, more scientific leaps or more pioneering work that lay the foundation for the post-war computer revolution. And it was Churchill's dogged determination and enthusiasm for revolutionary ideas that fuelled this extraordinary outpouring of British genius"--Publisher's description.
600 1 0 _aChurchill, Winston,
_d1874-1965
_xMilitary leadership.
600 1 0 _aChurchill, Winston,
_d1874-1965.
650 0 _aWorld War, 1939-1945
_xMilitary intelligence
_zGreat Britain.
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