Book ID: CBB000074744

Secret weapon: U.S. high-frequency direction finding in the battle of the Atlantic (1996)

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Williams, Kathleen Broome (Author)


Naval Institute Press


Publication Date: 1996
Physical Details: xix + 289 pp.; illus.; notes; bibl.; index

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Review Higham, R. (1998) Review of "Secret weapon: U.S. high-frequency direction finding in the battle of the Atlantic". Technology and Culture (pp. 808-9). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Judkins, Phil
Karafantis, Layne
Law, John
Lindee, Mary Susan
Orchiston, Wayne
Polmar, Norman
Journals
Arms and Armour Society Journal
Technology and Culture
Vulcan
Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage
Technology's Stories
Publishers
Duke University Press
Harvard University Press
Shandong Education Press
University of Oklahoma Press
University Press of Kentucky
Voyageur Press
Concepts
Military technology
World War II
Nuclear weapons; atomic weapons
Aircraft; airplanes
Cold War
Science and war; science and the military
People
Tesla, Nikola
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
T. E. Lawrence
Time Periods
20th century
21st century
19th century
Qing dynasty (China, 1644-1912)
Places
Great Britain
United States
Austro-hungary
Soviet Union
China
France
Institutions
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) (Australia)
Krupp AG
Strategic Defense Initiative
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
United States. Army
Great Britain. Royal Air Force
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