Terrors and marvels : how science and technology changed the character and outcome of World War II /...
Terrors and marvels : how science and technology changed the character and outcome of World War II /...
Terrors and marvels : how science and technology changed the character and outcome of World War II / Tom Shachtman.
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Publisher
New York : William Morrow, c2002.
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N940.548/37
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Language
English
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Physical content
viii, 360 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Terror from the Sky -- Prologue: Legacies of the Great War -- Sect. 1. The Interwar Years -- Ch. 1. Journeys Toward Conflict -- Ch. 2. Germany, 1933-34 -- Ch. 3. Until the Shooting Began -- Sect. 2. European War -- Ch. 4. War and Phony War -- Ch. 5. Battles Above Britain -- Ch. 6. Toward Pearl Harbo...
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Publisher
New York : William Morrow, c2002.
Edition
1st ed.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
c2002.
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Summary
"Tom Shachtman gives us a riveting chronicle of World War II's forgotten combatants: the engineers, physicists, chemists, and academics whose contributions to the war effort were as important as the noble sacrifices of the soldiers, sailors, and airmen who bravely risked their lives." "While it is a widely accepted fact that America's development a...
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Terrors and marvels : how science and technology changed the character and outcome of World War II / Tom Shachtman.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [339]-344) and index.
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c2002.
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N940.548/37
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74VvylBDJoJX
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ISBN
0380978768 (alk. paper)
9780380978762 (alk. paper)
DDC
940.548
MMS ID
991016282959702626
