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Britain's Shield - Radar and the Defeat of the Lufftwaffe
By David Zimmerman

First published in the United Kingdom in 2001 by Sutton Publishing Limited • Phoenix Mill Thrupp • Stroud • Gloucestershire • GL5 2BU

Copyright © David Zimmerman, 2001
David Zimmerman has asserted the moral right to be identified as the author of this work.
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ISBN 0-7509-1799-7

Foreword    vii
Acknowledgements    ix
Introduction    Xi
    1    THE ORIGINS OF STRATEGIC AIR DEFENCE AND AIRCRAFT EARLY WARNING    1
    2    TUCKER'S ACOUSTICAL MIRRORS    11
    3    THE SCIENTIFIC, POLITICAL AND SOCIAL. BACKGROUND TO RADAR    28
    4    THE DISCOVERY OF RADAR    44
    5    COMMITTEES AND POLITICIANS    60
    6    ORFORDNESS AND BAWDSEY    78
    7    THE TIZARD—LINDEMANN DISPUTE    93
    8    TRANSFORMING THE AIR DEFENCE SYSTEM    109
    9    APPEASEMENT, AIR POLICY AND AIR DEFENCE RESEARCH    132
    10    FORGING THE RADAR CHAIN    153
    11    THE PHONEY WAR    175
    12    THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN    1 94
    13    THE FAILURE TO STOP THE NIGHT-TIME BLITZ    211
Conclusion    225
Note on Sources    233
Notes    236
Index    254

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