R. V. Jones (1911–1997)

Indeholder "Foreword by the Vicomtesse de Clarens", "Acknowledgements", "Introduction", "Part One", "1. The Men Who Went First", "2. Friends and Rivals", "3. The Clarendon Laboratory 1936-1938", "4. Inferior Red 1936-1938", "5. Exile", "6. The Day Before War Broke Out", "7. The Secret Weapon", "8. The Oslo Report", "9. A Plan For Intelligence", "10. The Phoney War", "11. The Crooked Leg", "12. Reflections", "13. The Fortunes of Major Wintle", "14. The Fifth Column", "15. The Edda Revived", "16. Knickebein Jammed - And Photographed", "17. The X-Appartus", "18. Coventry", "19. Target No. 54", "20. The Atrocious Crime", "21. Wotan's Other Eye", "22. Retrospect and Prospect", "Part Two", "23. Freya", "24. Beams On The Wane", "25. 'Jay'", "26. Würzburg", "27. The Bruneval Raid", "28. The Baedeker Beams", "29. Ex Hatto", "30. Pineapple", "31. The Kammhuber Line", "32. Lichtenstein", "33. Window", "34. Hamburg", "35. Heavy Water", "36. Revelations From The Secret Service", "37. Full Stretch", "38. Peenemünde", "39. FZG 76", "40. The Americans Convinced", "41. 'Flames': Problems of Bomber Command", "42. The Baby Blitz", "43. D-Day", "44. V-1", "45. V-2", "46. V-3", "47. Bomber Triumph", "48. Nuclear Energy", "49. A.D.I. (Science) Overseas", "50. The Year of Madness", "51. German Generals And Staff Colleges", "52. Swords Into Ploughshares, Bombs Into Saucers", "53. Exbunt", "Epilogue", "Notes", "Glossary", "Index".

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I started reading this book with no other expectations than to be a little wiser and entertained at the same time. But ended up with a feeling of having read one of the best and most vivid accounts of WWII I have ever read.

The subject – scientific intelligence – may seem a bit ‘dry’, but in this book it is not. Deductions becomes an art, compiling, filtering and picking the right intelligence a virtue and – in this case – to be a survivor in ‘bloodless tribal wars’ (Walt Rostow) among scientists a must. If I was in any doubt that the ‘tech war’ of WWII in Europe was on the edge all the time, I am not anymore.

I can only recommend this book fully as a solid foundation for anyone who read about the WWII air battles over Great Britain and Germany as well as the V1 and V2 weapons.
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Dr. R. V. Jones was a British physicist who worked in Scientific Intelligence during WW II. He was at the forefront of the battle against German radar, tracking beams for German bombers, V 1 flying bombs & V 2 rockets. He is credited with the idea of dropping "window" to confuse German radar.

Far from being a boring technical manual, Jones wrote a volume full of gossip, humour and adventure. He was a close confidant of Churchill and other leaders of the period and tells much about what went on behind the scenes. I found it a real page turner.… (plus d'informations)