Top Secret Exchange: The Tizard Mission and the Scientific War

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McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP, May 28, 1996 - History - 272 pages
Zimmerman traces the early development of the mission from Britain's initial attempts at technical cooperation in World War I 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. Among the secrets Britain revealed was the cavity magnetron, which made microwave radar possible. The Tizard Mission established an effective system of teamwork for Allied technical and scientific cooperation, and it was this teamwork that proved to be a crucial factor in Allied technical superiority. It was also the beginning of the much longer story of Anglo-American scientific and technical cooperation. The Tizard Mission served as a model for the international technical cooperation that continues today in organizations such as NATO.
 

Contents

Introduction
3
1 Scientists and Soldiers
7
2 The Problem with Quid Pro Quo
25
3 Hills Mission
49
4 An Irrevocable Decision
71
5 The Mission Begins
96
6 The Great Exchange
107
7 The Transformation of American Science
130
8 The Mission and Canada
154
9 Aftermath of the Mission
167
Epilogue
190
Notes
205
Bibliography
233
Index
243
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