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02140aam a2200445 i 4500 001 14B44A82688611E8A317244297128E48 003 SILO 005 20180605010123 008 171003s2018 kyu b s001 0 eng 010 $a 2017045447 020 $a 0813175283 020 $a 9780813175287 035 $a (OCoLC)1001457105 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d BDX $d OCLCF $d OCLCO $d OCLCQ $d OCLCO $d KUK $d YDX $d OCLCO $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a TP290.R39 $b B39 2018 082 00 $a 662/.27 $2 23 100 1 $a Baxter, Colin F., $d 1942- $e author. 245 14 $a The secret history of RDX : $b the super-explosive that helped win World War II / $c Colin F. Baxter. 264 1 $a Lexington, Kentucky : $b University Press of Kentucky, $c [2018] 300 $a x, 204 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 23 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Lord Beaverbrook, RDX, and the Ministry of Supply -- The vexed question of RDX supply -- Torpex and the air war -- RDX and the Army Ordnance Department -- RDX and the Army air forces -- The battle for RDX production -- Canada and RDX -- The Wexler Bend Pilot Plant -- The great Holston Ordnance Works -- Torpex and the Battle of the Atlantic -- 1945 and the atomic bomb -- The aftermath. 611 27 $a World War (1939-1945) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01180924 650 0 $a RDX (Cyclonite) 650 0 $a Explosives, Military $x History $y 20th century. 651 0 $a United States $x History $x Weapons systems $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x Equipment and supplies. 650 7 $a Armed Forces $x Weapons systems. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01351920 650 7 $a Equipment and supplies. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01352983 650 7 $a Explosives, Military. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00918648 650 7 $a RDX (Cyclonite) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01762727 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 648 7 $a 1900-1999 $2 fast 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20180703025719.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=14B44A82688611E8A317244297128E48 994 $a 92 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search