Secret Warriors - Key Scientists, Code Breakers and Propagandists of the Great War

The First World War is often viewed as a war fought by armies of millions living and fighting in trenches, aided by brutal machinery that cost the lives of many. But behind all of this a scientific war was also being fought between engineers, chemists, physicists, doctors,mathematicians and intelligence gatherers. This hidden war was to make a positive and lasting contribution to how war was conducted on land, at sea and in the air, and most importantly life at home. Secret Warriors provides an invaluable and fresh history of the First World War, profiling a number of the key figures who made great leaps in science for the benefit of 20th Century Britain. Told in a lively, narrative style, Secret Warriors reveals the unknown side of the war.

Product details

• Authors: Taylor Downing, Downing Taylor
• Publisher: Abacus
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.05.2015
• EAN: 9780349138831
• ISBN: 978-0-349-13883-1
• No. of pages: 448
• Dimensions: 128 mm x 197 mm x 30 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Security (National & International), European History, HISTORY / General, HISTORY / Europe / General, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / Military / Strategy, Defence strategy, planning & research, c 1910 to c 1919, Military and defence strategy, c 1914 to c 1918 (including WW1), c 1914 to c 1918 (World War One period), HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War I