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Author Downing, Taylor.

Title Churchill's war lab : code-breakers, scientists, and the mavericks Churchill led to victory / Taylor Downing.

Publication Info. New York : Overlook Press, 2011.
©2010

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Location Call No. Status
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  940.5486 DOWNING    Check Shelf
 Wethersfield Public Library - Non Fiction  940.5486 DOWNING    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  B-CHURCHILL, W.    Check Shelf
Description xviii, 397 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Note Originally published: London : Little, Brown, 2010.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [375]-381) and index.
Summary Analyzes the role of Churchill's passion for military history in shaping his wartime innovations and strategies, offering insight into his unique leadership style and patronization of radical new ideas to enable unprecedented technological advances.
Contents Preparation: the army and the navy -- Preparation: the war and the wilderness -- Action this day -- Spitfire summer -- The wizard war -- The generals -- The admirals -- Bombing -- Overlord -- Victory and defeat -- Churchill's war.
Subject Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965 -- Military leadership.
Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Military intelligence -- Great Britain.
ISBN 9781590205655
1590205650
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