Description: The Tizard Mission was one of the key events in the forging of the Anglo-American alliance in World War II. Led by Sir Henry Tizard, the mission visited the United States and Canada in the summer of 1940 to make available virtually all of Britain's technical and scientific military secrets. Overwhelmed by British generosity, the U.S. reciprocated. David Zimmerman tells the story of that mission and examines the importance of technology in modern war and its crucial role in the defeat of the Axis powers.
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Review Quotes: "Zimmerman makes a sound and convincing claim for the significance of the Tizard Mission as a landmark in the evolution of Allied scientific and technological cooperation during World War II. He gives us the fullest and best picture yet of the details of the mission. The subject is important and the author's contribution to scholarship is original and exciting." Wesley K. Wark, Department of History, University of Toronto.