Secret Warriors: Key Scientists, Code Breakers and Propagandists of the Great War - Softcover

Secret Warriors lifts the lid on an underappreciated cast of characters * Herald * an ingenious history that sets aside WWI's immense slaughter in order to concentrate on those who labored behind the scenes . . . Downing delivers a riveting account * Publishers Weekly * A very successful work. Downing's voice is clear and highly readable * Library Journal * Downing delivers a riveting account -- Starred Review * Publisher's Weekly * 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 * 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 * [A] fascinating study * New Statesman * Unique and timely, interesting and useful * Military History * Secret Warriors is a compelling insight into the role intellectuals can play in the business of war * History of War magazine * [A] fascinating new take on the Great War * Daily Express * 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 *