Blackett's War: The Men Who Defeated the Nazi U-Boats and Brought Science to the Art of Warfare
by Budiansky, Stephen
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- Hardcover
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- ISBN 10
- 030759596X
- ISBN 13
- 9780307595966
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Knopf, 2013. Hardcover. Like New/Fine . 6x1x9. Dustjacket price clipped. In March 1941, after a year of unbroken and devastating U-boat onslaughts, the British War Cabinet decided to try a new strategy in the foundering naval campaign. To do so, they hired an intensely private, bohemian physicist who was also an ardent socialist. Patrick Blackett was a former navy officer and future winner of the Nobel Prize; he is little remembered today, but he and his fellow scientists did as much to win the war against Nazi Germany as almost anyone else. As director of the World War II antisubmarine effort, Blackett used little more than simple mathematics and probability theoryâand a steadfast belief in the utility of scienceâto save the campaign against the U-boat. Employing these insights in unconventional ways, from the washing of mess hall dishes to the color of bomber wings, the Allies went on to win essential victories against Hitlerâs Germany.
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Stephen Budiansky is a journalist and military historian. His previous books include Air Power, Battle of Wits, The Bloody Shirt, Her Majesty's Spymaster, and Perilous Fight .
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- Michael Patrick McCarty, Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- Blackett's War: The Men Who Defeated the Nazi U-Boats and Brought Science to the Art of Warfare
- Author
- Budiansky, Stephen
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 030759596X
- ISBN 13
- 9780307595966
- Publisher
- Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2013
- Size
- 6x1x9
- X weight
- 24 oz
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