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02195aam a22003137a 4500 001 B6568006A21511E09B379B8B6AFF544E 003 SILO 005 20110629010125 008 100520s2010 enka b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2010474628 020 $a 1408702053 (hbk.) 020 $a 9781408702055 (hbk.) 040 $a UKM $c UKM $d SILO $d BWKUK $d BWK $d CDX $d UBY $d DLC $d SILO 042 $a lccopycat 050 00 $a D810.S7 $b D69 2010 082 04 $a 940.548641 $2 22 100 1 $a Downing, Taylor. 245 1 $a Churchill's war lab : $b code-breakers, boffins and innovators : the mavericks Churchill led to victory / $c Taylor Downing. 260 $a London : $b Little, Brown, $c 2010. 300 $a xviii, 397 p. : $b ill. ; $c 25 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Preparation: the army and the navy -- Preparation: the war and the wilderness -- Action this day -- Spitfire summer -- The wizard war -- The generals -- The admirals -- Bombing -- Overlord -- Victory and defeat -- Churchill's war. 520 $a "As a young boy he re-enacted historic battles with toy soldiers, as a soldier he saw action on three continents and as the Prime Minister only a direct edict from King George VI could keep him from joining the troops on D-Day. Churchill's War Lab will reveal how Churchill's passion for military history, his unique leadership style and his patronization of radical new ideas would lead to new technology and new tactics that would save lives and enable an Allied victory. No war generated more incredible theories, more technical advances, more scientific leaps or more pioneering work that lay the foundation for the post-war computer revolution. And it was Churchill's dogged determination and enthusiasm for revolutionary ideas that fuelled this extraordinary outpouring of British genius"--Publisher's description. 600 10 $a Churchill, Winston, $d 1874-1965 $x Military leadership. 600 10 $a Churchill, Winston, $d 1874-1965. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x Military intelligence $z Great Britain. 941 $a 1 952 $l AGPE046 $d 20150221021914.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=B6568006A21511E09B379B8B6AFF544EInitiate Another SILO Locator Search