Top Secret Exchange: The Tizard Mission and the Scientific WarDavid Zimmerman traces the origins of the Tizard Mission with Britain's initial attempts at technical co-operation in the First World War 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, and shows how important British generosity was to the eventual success of the mission. Among the secrets Britain revealed was the cavity magnetron, which made microwave radar possible. Zimmerman reveals how the Tizard Mission established an effective system of teamwork for Allied technical and scientific co-operation, a teamwork that proved to be a crucial factor in Allied technical superiority. He demonstrates that the mission marked the beginning of the much longer story of Anglo-American scientific and technical co-operation, serving as a model for the international technical co-operation that continues today in organizations such as NATO. |
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
The Problem with Quid Pro Quo | 25 |
Hills Mission | 49 |
An Irrevocable Decision | 71 |
The Mission Begins | 96 |
The Transformation of American Science | 130 |
The Mission and Canada | 154 |
Aftermath of the Mission | 167 |
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Top Secret Exchange: The Tizard Mission and the Scientific War David Zimmerman No preview available - 1996 |
Common terms and phrases
A.V. Hill Admiralty Air Corps Air Ministry American Anglo-American technical anti-aircraft army asdic atomic attaché August AVIA Beaverbrook bomb Britain British Technical Mission Bush C.S. Wright Cabinet Canada Canadian cavity magnetron chemical warfare chief of staff Churchill Cockcroft Committee Conant Department device director discussions E.G. Bowen equipment established Foreign Office Fowler Gough Halifax Henry Tizard Hill's ibid important industrial July June liaison Lindemann London Loomis Lord Lothian Mackenzie magnetron manufacture meeting Memorandum ment microwave radar military NARS National Research Council naval NDRC Norden bombsight North America November nuclear October Ottawa patent physicist Pirie proposal R.H. Fowler radar research radio Roosevelt Royal Royal Air Force scientists secret secretary senior September 1940 sonar Supply technical cooperation technical exchange technical information tion Tizard Diary Tizard Mission U.S. Navy United Vannevar Bush War Cabinet Washington
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