Laboratory Warriors: How Allied Science and Technology Tipped the Balance in World War II Contributor(s): Shachtman, Tom (Author) |
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ISBN: 0380816237 ISBN-13: 9780380816231 Publisher: Harper Perennial OUR PRICE: $13.49 Product Type: Paperback Published: May 2003 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | Military - World War Ii - Technology & Engineering | Military Science - Science |
Dewey: 940.54 |
LCCN: 2003043301 |
Physical Information: 0.93" H x 5.32" W x 8" (0.70 lbs) 384 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 1940's |
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Publisher Description: The dreadful global conflagration known as the Second World War was more than the clashing of great armies on bloody battlefields. A different kind of war was being waged in the secret laboratories on both sides of the conflict -- a war that would alter the course and determine the outcome of the bitter hostilities, forever changing our world and our future. While it is a widely accepted fact that America's development and employment of the atomic bomb ended the Pacific struggle -- and that the failure of Hitler's scientists to develop their own A-bomb helped to doom Germany -- little has been made of the other remarkable scientific accomplishments of this dark and terrible epoch. Edifying, enthralling, startling, and sobering, Laboratory Warriors is a masterful work that sheds light on the technological achievements that swung the pendulum of victory in the Allies' direction. |
Contributor Bio(s): Shachtman, Tom: - Tom Shachtman is the author of thirty books, including Decade of Shocks, 1963-1974; Absolute Zero and the Conquest of Cold; and Rumspringa: To Be or Not to Be Amish. He lives in Connecticut. |