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A most enigmatic war : R.V. Jones and the genesis of British scientific intelligence, 1939-45 / James Goodchild.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Goodchild, James, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Jones, R. V. (Reginald Victor), 1911-.
- Jones, R. V.
- World War, 1939-1945--Secret service--Great Britain.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- World War, 1939-1945--Technology.
- Physical Description:
- xxxvii, 39-658 pages ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Solihull, West Midlands, England : Helion & Company Limited, 2017.
- Contents:
- 1 A Scientific Intelligence Service 39
- Preparing for War 43
- Predictions based on Fear 55
- Inferior Red 59
- A Scientific Intelligence Service 73
- 2 Battle of the Beams: Knickebein 102
- The 'Chase' 106
- Knickebein 118
- 3 Battle of the Beams: Wotan 152
- The Post-Knickebein Lull 154
- The Rise of X-Gerät 161
- Coventry 169
- Wotan II 177
- Much Ado about Nothing 191
- 4 Scientific Intelligence on the Offensive 199
- Scientific and Technological Mid-War Expansion 199
- Understanding DT 223
- 5 Scientific Intelligence in the Allied Strategic Air Offensive 254
- The Bruneval Raid 260
- Strategic Air Offensive and the Kammhuber Line 285
- 6 The Wider Radio War 322
- Atomic Distractions 323
- Window - Effects and further Controversy 333
- Scientific Bombing and the Radio War 352
- DT and D-Day 370
- DT Debrief 391
- 7 Scientific Intelligence In and Out of Whitehall 396
- The Gradual Growth of ADI (Science) 397
- ADI (Science) as a Structural Component 421
- Inter-connectivity of Scientific Intelligence 445
- 8 The Vengeance Weapons: Doubt and Controversy 456
- Rocket Controversy 459
- Jet Aircraft and Flying Bomb Derivatives 484
- 9 The Vengeance Weapons: Cometh the 'Mouse' 503
- Pilotless Aircraft 503
- ADI (Science) Fails Crossbow 531
- Palpable Threat from Paper Tigers 549
- 10 Reassessment of the Birth of Scientific Intelligence 560.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references, filmography, and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Dorothy Mann Yeakel & Paul Herbert Yeakel Memorial Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781911512554
- 1911512552
- OCLC:
- 973919731
- Publisher Number:
- 99975431450
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