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Author:
Phelps, Stephen.
Title:
The Tizard Mission : the top-secret operation that changed the course of World War II / Stephen Phelps.
Publisher:
Westholme,
Copyright Date:
c2010
Description:
xiii, 323 p., [12] p. of plates : ill., maps, ports. ; 24 cm.
Subject:
Tizard, Henry Thomas,--Sir,--1885-1959.
World War, 1939-1945--Technology.
World War, 1939-1945--Military intelligence--Great Britain.
World War, 1939-1945--Military intelligence--United States.
Technical assistance, American--Great Britain.
Technical assistance, British--United States.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [299]-311) and index.
Contents:
"The bombers will always get through" -- America's first line of defense -- The Tizard Committee -- Bawdsley Manor -- The "special relationship" -- Prime Minister Churchill -- The common cause -- A simple stroke of genius -- Three thousand miles from war -- The mission takes shape -- First contact -- The Duchess of Richmond -- Unparalleled power -- An American mandate -- Radiation laboratory -- A two-ocean war -- Secret weapons -- The mission's legacy -- Appendix. Minutes of the first meeting of the British Technical Mission to the USA.
ISBN:
159416116X
9781594161162
Locations:
TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)
YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

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