Format:
1 online resource (439 pages)
ISBN:
9781442682313
Content:
The Science of War provides both a cross-disciplinary overview of the scientific and military activity during the Second World War in several countries and a fascinating analysis of what the author calls 'Big Science' in Canada.
Content:
Intro -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ABBREVIATIONS -- Introduction -- 1 Canada's Defence Scientists: Organizing for War, 1938-1940 -- 2 Building the Defence Science Alliance, 1940-1943 -- 3 Radar Research and Allied Cooperation, 1940-1945 -- 4 Weapons Systems: Proximity Fuses and RDX -- 5 Chemical Warfare Planning, 1939-1945 -- 6 Canadian Biological and Toxin Warfare Research: Development and Planning, 1939-1945 -- 7 Atomic Research: The Montreal Laboratory, 1942-1946 -- 8 Secrets, Security, and Spies, 1939-1945 -- 9 Scientists, National Security, and the Cold War -- Conclusion -- APPENDIX 1: Major Military, Political, and Scientific Events -- APPENDIX 2: Brief Biographical Sketches -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- ILLUSTRATION CREDITS -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- ILLUSTRATIONS.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780802059963
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780802059963
Language:
English
Keywords:
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