Top Secret Exchange: The Tizard Mission and the Scientific War

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Alan Sutton Pub., 1996 - Canada - 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.

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Illustrations xiii
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The Problem with Quid Pro
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Hills Mission
49
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