Laboratory Warriors - How Allied Science and Technology Tipped the Balance in World War II

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.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Tom Shachtman
• Editore: Harper Perennial USA
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 27.05.2003
• EAN: 9780380816231
• ISBN: 978-0-380-81623-1
• Pagine: 384
• Dimensioni: 135 mm x 203 mm x 22 mm
• Categorie: Guide e manuali > Veicoli, aerei , imbarcazioni, viaggi aerospaziali > Imbarcazioni, aerei e veicoli militari; Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Afghanistan, Vietnam, Europe, military history, History of Science, Second World War, Biology, life sciences, History of engineering and technology, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), Military and defence strategy, Nuclear weapons, Military history: post-WW2 conflicts, Early 21st century c 2000 to c 2050, Specific wars and campaigns, Early 19th century c 1800 to c 1850, Pacific Ocean, c 1955 to c 1975 (Vietnam War period), Irregular or guerrilla forces and warfare, Military engineering, HISTORY: Military / World War II, SCIENCE: History, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING: Military Science, HISTORY: Military / Nuclear Warfare, Industrial chemistry and chemical engineering, HISTORY: Wars & Conflicts / Vietnam War, HISTORY: Military / Guerilla Warfare, HISTORY: Wars & Conflicts / Afghan War (2001-2021), HISTORY: Wars & Conflicts / Napoleonic Wars, HISTORY: Wars & Conflicts / World War II / European Theater, HISTORY: Wars & Conflicts / World War II / Pacific Theater