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Top secret exchange:

the Tizard mission and the scientific war
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McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP, 1996 - History - 252 pages
David 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.
  

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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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About the author (1996)

David Zimmerman is associate professor of military history at the University of Victoria in British Columbia, Canada.

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TitleTop secret exchange: the Tizard mission and the scientific war
AuthorsZimmerman, David, Sir Henry Thomas Tizard
Editionillustrated
PublisherMcGill-Queen's Press - MQUP, 1996
ISBN0773565973, 9780773565975
Length252 pages
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History / Canada / General
History / Military / World War II
  
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