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Secret Warriors

Key Scientists, Code Breakers and Propagandists of the Great War

By: Taylor Downing

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Paperback | 7 May 2015 | Edition Number 1

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448 Pages

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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.

Industry Reviews

Exactly what you want from a history of the boffins and technological pioneers of the First World War. There are bluff military adventurers and clumsy gentleman scientists - The Times

[A] fascinating new take on the Great War - Daily Express

Secret Warriors is a compelling insight into the role intellectuals can play in the business of war - History of War magazine

Unique and timely, interesting and useful - Military History

[A] fascinating study - New Statesman

Lucid and entertaining . . . Secret Warriors is full of interesting characters . . . The straightforward story Downing tells is a refreshing change from older treatments of science and war - Nature

The war started the long road to the world of cyber warriors, electronic eavesdropping and large-scale chemical weapons we know today. It is a fearsome legacy, and Downing charts its birth with knowledge, wit and skill - Literary Review

Downing delivers a riveting account - Publisher's Weekly

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