Secret Warriors
Key Scientists, Code Breakers, and Propagandists of the Great War
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Narrated by:
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Sean Barrett
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By:
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Taylor Downing
About this listen
The First World War is often viewed as a war fought by armies of millions living and fighting in trenches, aided by brutal machinery that cost the lives of many. But behind all of this a scientific war was also being fought between engineers, chemists, physicists, doctors, mathematicians and intelligence gatherers. This hidden war was to make a positive and lasting contribution to how war was conducted on land, at sea, and in the air, and most importantly life at home.
Secret Warriors provides an invaluable and fresh history of the First World War, profiling a number of the key figures who made great leaps in science for the benefit of 20th-Century Britain. Told in a lively, narrative style, Secret Warriors reveals the unknown side of the war.
©2014 Taylor Downing (P)2014 Isis Publishing LtdCritic reviews
Praise for Taylor Downing:
"The Bruneval Raid was the start of the airborne brotherhood. Taylor Downing's vivid account brings alive this important turning point in military history with flair and pace" (Andy McNab, author of Bravo Two Zero, on Night Raid
"Taylor Downing's brilliant research has created a ripping yarn" (Sunday Express on Spies in the Sky)
"A fascinating read and a significant contribution to the history of the Second World War" (Professor David Reynolds, author of In Command of History, on Spies in the Sky)
"A vivid and fast-paced retelling of Churchill's remarkable career" (David Evans, Financial Times, on Churchill's War Lab)