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Budiansky, Stephen.
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Blackett, P. M. S. (Patrick Maynard Stuart), Baron Blackett, 1897-1974.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Radar.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations -- Submarine.
Anti-submarine warfare -- History -- 20th century.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Atlantic Ocean.
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Budiansky, Stephen.
Blackett, P. M. S. (Patrick Maynard Stuart), Baron Blackett, 1897-1974.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Radar.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations -- Submarine.
Anti-submarine warfare -- History -- 20th century.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Atlantic Ocean.
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Blackett's war : the men who defeated the Nazi U-boats and brought science to the art of warfare / Stephen Budiansky.
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Budiansky, Stephen.
Alfred A. Knopf, 2013.
Call #:
940
.5451
B927b
Subjects
Blackett, P. M. S. (Patrick Maynard Stuart), Baron Blackett, 1897-1974.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Radar.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations -- Submarine.
Anti-submarine warfare -- History -- 20th century.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Atlantic Ocean.
ISBN:
9780307595966
030759596X
Alternate title:
Men who defeated the Nazi U-boats and brought science to the art of warfare
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
xxiii, 306 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-291) and index.
Contents:
An unconventional weapon -- Cruelty and squalor -- Cambridge -- Defiance and defeatism -- Remedial education -- Blackett's Circus -- The real war -- Baker's dozen -- Closing the gaps -- A very scientific victory -- Political science.
Summary:
"The exciting history of a small group of British and American scientists who, during World War II, developed the new field of operational research to turn back the tide of German submarines--revolutionizing the way wars are waged and won."
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