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Record ID marc_loc_2016/BooksAll.2016.part39.utf8:243082012:2376
Source Library of Congress
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LEADER: 02376cam a2200373 a 4500
001 2012288483
003 DLC
005 20130717080510.0
008 121213s2010 pauabf b 001 0 eng d
010 $a 2012288483
016 7 $a015644826$2Uk
020 $a9781594161162
020 $a159416116X
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn642846903
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050 00 $aD810.S2$bP56 2010
082 04 $a940.548641$222
100 1 $aPhelps, Stephen.
245 14 $aThe Tizard Mission :$bthe top-secret operation that changed the course of World War II /$cStephen Phelps.
260 $aYardley, Pa. :$bWestholme,$cc2010.
300 $axiii, 323 p., [12] p. of plates :$bill., maps ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [309]-311) and index.
520 $aIn August 1940, a German invasion of Britain looked inevitable. Churchill gambled on an unorthodox plan: a team would travel under cover to the United States and give the still-neutral Americans the best of Britain's secrets, in hopes that the US would provide financial and manufacturing support-- perhaps even entry into the war.
505 0 $a"The bombers will always get through" -- America's first line of defense -- The Tizard Committee -- Bawdsley Manor -- The "special relationship" -- Prime Minister Churchill -- The common cause -- A simple stroke of genius -- Three thousand miles from war -- The mission takes shape -- First contact -- The Duchess of Richmond -- Unparalleled power -- An American mandate -- Radiation laboratory -- A two-ocean war -- Secret weapons -- The mission's legacy -- Appendix. Minutes of the first meeting of the British Technical Mission to the USA.
650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xTechnology.
650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xMilitary intelligence$zGreat Britain.
650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xMilitary intelligence$zUnited States.
650 0 $aTechnical assistance, American$zGreat Britain.
650 0 $aTechnical assistance, British$zUnited States.
600 10 $aTizard, Henry Thomas,$d1885-1959.
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1305/2012288483-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1305/2012288483-d.html