A01=David Zimmerman
Author_David Zimmerman
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Defence Strategy & Research
Engineering & Technology
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Military Aircraft
Military History
Military History of Air Forces
Military History of Strategy
Military History of World War II
Tactics & Military Science
War & Defence Operations
World War Two
Product details
- ISBN 9781445600611
- Weight: 771g
- Dimensions: 156 x 235mm
- Publication Date: 15 Aug 2010
- Publisher: Amberley Publishing
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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2010 is not only the seventieth anniversary of the legendary Battle of Britain, it is also the seventieth anniversary of another fi nest hour - that of Radar. The bravery and skill of British pilots in the Second World War, and the fighting capability of their aircraft, would have been in vain had they not been part of a highly complex and sophisticated air defence system based on radar. The development of this system in just five years is one of the most remarkable scientific and technological accomplishments of the twentieth century. Despite this, the creation of radar defence has been somewhat overlooked. Many of the studies on radar have focused on the development of the technology, with little attention given to the creation of the much larger system for integrating it into the nation's air defences. Britain's Shield relates the development of radar with the diplomatic and air policy concerns of the period. It shows how a small group of scientists, engineers, airmen and politicians accomplished this technological miracle, and offers a revisionist appraisal of Churchill's role, showing that his influence was, more often than not, counter-productive to the development of effective air defences.
David Zimmerman is Professor of Military History at the University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. He is an expert in the history of science, technology and war, the history of radar, anti-submarine warfare, the Royal Canadian Navy, and the rescue of refugee academics from Germany. His books include: Top Secret Exchange: The Tizard Mission and the Scientific War, and The Great Naval Battle of Ottawa.
