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Blackett's War - The Men Who Defeated the Nazi U-Boats and Brought Science to the Art of Warfare Warfare (Paperback) Loot Price: R441
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Blackett's War - The Men Who Defeated the Nazi U-Boats and Brought Science to the Art of Warfare Warfare (Paperback)

Stephen Budiansky

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In March 1941, after a year of devastating U-boat attacks, the British War Cabinet turned to an intensely private, bohemian physicist named Patrick Blackett to turn the tide of the naval campaign. Though he is little remembered today, Blackett did as much as anyone to defeat Nazi Germany, by revolutionizing the Allied anti-submarine effort through the disciplined, systematic implementation of simple mathematics and probability theory. This is the story of how British and American civilian intellectuals helped change the nature of twentieth-century warfare, by convincing disbelieving military brass to trust the new field of operational research.

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Imprint: Vintage Books
Country of origin: United States
Release date: November 2013
First published: November 2013
Authors: Stephen Budiansky
Dimensions: 203 x 132 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - Trade
Pages: 306
ISBN-13: 978-0-307-74363-3
Categories: Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Military history
Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > Defence strategy, planning & research > General
Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > War & defence operations > Battles & campaigns
Books > Business & Economics > Business & management > Management & management techniques > Operational research
Books > Professional & Technical > Mechanical engineering & materials > Production engineering > General
Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > Second World War
Books > History > History of specific subjects > Military history
Books > History > World history > From 1900 > Second World War
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LSN: 0-307-74363-2
Barcode: 9780307743633

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